Blanche dubois Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

An in-depth revision guide I created which helped me achieve an A-grade for my English Literature A-level on Tennessee Williams' Southern Gothic 'A Streetcar Named Desire' It contains revision notes on the characterizations of Blanche Dubois, Stanley Kowalski, Stella Kowalski, and the themes of violence / brutality, masculinity and femininity, relationships, fantasy and illusions, sexual desire, and death. The end of the document intensely focuses on Williams' dramatic presentations of Blanc...

Comparison between Breakfast at Tiffany's (Capote) and A Streetcar Named Desire (Williams), specifically "human relationships". I used this for my English Literature A Level coursework, OCR exam board. These documents contain the main quotes I used from the texts, with comparisons between the two, as well as context of the texts, writers and era. I am predicted an A* in English Literature.

Summary notes for revision of Scene 3 (The Poker Night) and Scene 4 of the text A Streetcar Named Desire. The notes contain key quotes to use for the exam.

A-graded A Level essay on Tennessee Williams' 'A Streetcar Named Desire', exploring the presentation of Blanche as a tragic heroine in the play.

A-grade essay exploring the presentation of Stella and Blanche's relationship within A Streetcar Named Desire. Stella and Blanche's familial bond is deteriorated due the conflict Stanley creates with Blanche.

‘Much of Blanche’s conception of how she operates in the world relies on her perception of herself as of male sexual desire’. In the light of this comment explore Williams’ dramatic presentation of Blanche in ASCND.

These are A3 sized character maps featuring the characters of Blanche, Stella and Stanley from A Streetcar Named Desire. These maps fully explore every extent of the each character, including key words associated with the character, key quotes, development points, critical themes, literary critics, contextual references, links to other texts, and lastly, exploration of dramatic techniques and stagecraft employed by Tennessee Williams. IMPORTANT NOTE, PLEASE READ: Because the file is in A3 forma...

This essay explores how Blanche Dubois is a representative of the old, Southern, aristocratic upper classes. It draws a contrast between Stanley Kowalski, a lower class industrial worker, and Blanche DuBois, a fallen Southern Belle.

Explores how Tennessee Williams has made use of props and stage directions in this play to provide the audience insight into Blanche’s character and psychological state as well as develop her character. The conclusion drawn at the end of this essay is how props and stage directions contribute to Blanche’s character and what we can understand about Blanche through the symbolism used in the play.