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- Tennessee Williams
- 1947
- “What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.” ― Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire.
- “I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth.
- “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” ― Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire.
- “Don't you just love those long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn't just an hour - but a little piece of eternity dropped into your hands - and who knows what to do with it?”
The place names that Williams uses in A Streetcar Named Desire hold obvious metaphorical value. Elysian Fields, the Kowalskis’ street, is named for the land of the dead in Greek mythology. The journey that Blanche describes making from the train station to the Kowalski apartment is an allegorical version of her life up to this point in time.
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Stella is explaining her overwhelming love for Stanley in terms of physical passion. Blanche correctly sums this up as "desire," just like "that rattle-trap street-car that bangs through the Quarter." Blanche can recognize desire, but she tries to pretend she can't, and refuses to get on board.
- Tennessee Williams
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- Oh, you can’t describe someone you’re in love with! Characters: Stella (Speaker), Stanley. Techniques: Paradox. Scene 1.
- Turn that over-light off! Turn that off! I won’t be looked at in this merciless glare. Characters: Blanche (Speaker), Stella. Techniques: Metaphor, motif, biblical allusion.
- I don’t like a bed that gives much. But there’s no door between the two rooms, and Stanley—will it be decent? Characters: Blanche (Speaker), Stella. Techniques: Metaphor, contrast, characterisation.
- When she comes in, be sure to say something nice about her appearance … And admire her dress and tell her she’s looking wonderful. That’s important with Blanche.
A Streetcar Named Desire is a groundbreaking play written by Tennessee Williams and first premiered on Broadway in 1947. Set in the sweltering heat of the French Quarter in New Orleans, the play tells the story of Blanche DuBois, a faded Southern belle, and her tumultuous relationship with her sister, Stella, and Stella's husband, Stanley Kowalski.
Scene 1 Quotes. They told me to take a street-car named Desire, and transfer to one called Cemeteries, and ride six blocks and get off at—Elysian Fields! Related Characters: Blanche DuBois (speaker) Related Symbols: The Streetcar. Related Themes: Page Number and Citation: 6.
Dec 30, 2019 · Quotes About Appearances. They told me to take a street-car named Desire, and transfer to one called Cemeteries, and ride six blocks and get off at—Elysian Fields. Blanche utters these words to Eunice, the Kowalskis’ neighbor and landlady, as she explains her befuddlement over the appearance of her destination—she thinks she’s in the ...
