In ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, the play highlights the harshness and unfairness of society in regards to homosexuality and the treatment of woman. Especially those women who are vulnerable and have weaknesses like Blanche, she is presented as a moth-like image who is delicate and fragile because of her appearance Dubois is shown as a victim. Thus, Stanley uses her vulnerabilities to satisfy his own desires by fulfilling the American Dream and conforming to the ideal norm of the patriarchal ‘breadwinner’ male figure, he does this by asserting violence.
It can be argued that Blanche Dubois is a victim of circumstances because she encounters all these tragic situations about death, her job and loss of Belle Reve all at once, her inability to …show more content…
By soaking in a hot tub, it eases her nerves, this motif is used to rid herself from her painful past. She loses her husband to suicide after finding out his homosexuality, homosexuality was illegal in 1940s but in 2003 it was legalised in America. Williams himself was homosexual and he imposes the idea of being gay as wrong in the play but makes Blanche feel deeply regretful after his death. He associates his death with a “Varsouviana” polka tune the musical symbol always plays when she mentions Allen. Moreover, this event makes her reluctant and so instead of getting help she turns to sexual promiscuity to fulfil the loneliness. This could suggest the attitudes towards homosexuality were wrong, so he was influenced to talk about his sexuality, he said “one cannot exclude the importance influence of sexuality “in an interview when asked if homosexuality influenced his writing. In addition, he portrays a strong sense of regret in Blanche character, this could reflect Williams regret of Rose getting the lobotomy surgery. Rose was a fragile sexually repressed southern genteel lady, Edwina made this decision on her own as Cornelius was absent in his childhood, this made him feel betrayed and strongly associated with women. Furthermore, he mentioned that woman “have always been my deepest emotional
It can be argued that Blanche Dubois is a victim of circumstances because she encounters all these tragic situations about death, her job and loss of Belle Reve all at once, her inability to …show more content…
By soaking in a hot tub, it eases her nerves, this motif is used to rid herself from her painful past. She loses her husband to suicide after finding out his homosexuality, homosexuality was illegal in 1940s but in 2003 it was legalised in America. Williams himself was homosexual and he imposes the idea of being gay as wrong in the play but makes Blanche feel deeply regretful after his death. He associates his death with a “Varsouviana” polka tune the musical symbol always plays when she mentions Allen. Moreover, this event makes her reluctant and so instead of getting help she turns to sexual promiscuity to fulfil the loneliness. This could suggest the attitudes towards homosexuality were wrong, so he was influenced to talk about his sexuality, he said “one cannot exclude the importance influence of sexuality “in an interview when asked if homosexuality influenced his writing. In addition, he portrays a strong sense of regret in Blanche character, this could reflect Williams regret of Rose getting the lobotomy surgery. Rose was a fragile sexually repressed southern genteel lady, Edwina made this decision on her own as Cornelius was absent in his childhood, this made him feel betrayed and strongly associated with women. Furthermore, he mentioned that woman “have always been my deepest emotional