Literary Analysis #4 A Streetcar Named Desire - 4 views

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  #1 Elizabeth Tuttle on 27 Jan 11

   

  Argument: In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams portrays the role of women as a traditional house wife. Williams does this in order to teach women who read the play how they should act and what a women should be doing and the role they should take on as a women.
  
  Evidence: "Blanche soaks in a tub to keep herself dainty"
  "Blanche is a gentlewoman-refined, fragile, sensitive. Her sexual
  purity, like her jewelry."
  "A lady doesn't work."
  
  Thoughts: All of the evidence is from a literary criticism that shows how Williams portrays women in his plays. Blanche is a traditional woman, she is fragile and sensitive. The quote "a lady doesn't work" is how Williams wants women to think of themselves. He believes that a traditional women should stay at home rather than go out and get a job.
  
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  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Argument: In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams portrays the role of women as a traditional house wife. Williams does this in order to teach women who read the play how they should act and what a women should be doing and the role they should take on as a women. <br /> <br /> Evidence: "Blanche soaks in a tub to keep herself dainty" <br /> "Blanche is a gentlewoman-refined, fragile, sensitive. Her sexual <br /> purity, like her jewelry." <br /> "A lady doesn't work." <br /> <br /> Thoughts: All of the evidence is from a literary criticism that shows how Williams portrays women in his plays. Blanche is a traditional woman, she is fragile and sensitive. The quote "a lady doesn't work" is how Williams wants women to think of themselves. He believes that a traditional women should stay at home rather than go out and get a job. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://go.galegroup.com.lib.chandleraz.gov/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=chandler_main&tabID=T001&searchId=R2&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=6&contentSet=GALE|H1420008690&&docId=GALE|H1420008690&docType=GALE&role=LitRC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://go.galegroup.com.lib.chandleraz.gov/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=chandler_main&tabID=T001&searchId=R2&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=6&contentSet=GALE|H1420008690&&docId=GALE|H1420008690&docType=GALE&role=LitRC</a></div>

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