A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Streetcar Named Desire author
Streetcar Named Desire author
Tennessee Williams
Year Streetcar first performed
Year Streetcar first performed
1947
Streetcar setting city
Streetcar setting city
New Orleans
Dubois family home name
Dubois family home name
Belle Reve
What Stanley represents
What Stanley represents
Physical force, blunt realism, working-class American Dream
Plastic Theatre definition
Plastic Theatre definition
Props, sound, staging used to express abstract ideas
Stark light symbolism
Stark light symbolism
Revelation of truth
Three genres of Streetcar
Three genres of Streetcar
Southern Gothic, Magical Realism, Social Realism
Number of scenes in structure
Number of scenes in structure
Eleven
Scene 10 climactic event
Scene 10 climactic event
Stanley rapes Blanche