In “A Streetcar Named Desire”, Tennessee Williams uses symbolism with color and light to reflect a deeper perspective of the plays main character Blanch DuBois. According to the French and adapted American definition, the name Blanche means purity and white Williams included as irony in the play. Along with the color, light is also used as a symbol specifically the light bulb. Tennessee Williams’ presentation of his main character Blanche is what made readers comprehend the story more as it unfolded
In A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, the writer vividly uses the symbolism of light to develop the major characters. Light, particularly, plays an important role in symbolizing and reflecting the characters of Blanche and Stanley. Analyzing the text using the psychoanalytic theory as mentioned in Peter Barry’s Beginning Theory, the characters become more realized to the reader. Light is an indicator of insight and understanding, while its opposite, darkness, symbolizes rational dullness
game of risk, deceit and luck involving betting. Poker plays an integral role in Tennessee William’s play A Streetcar Named Desire in which William’s depicts the continual shift in power between men and women that American society was encountering during this time. Williams highlights this gender struggle in the play through the character dynamics of Blanche, Stella, Stanley and the group of poker players. Williams represents the continual fight for supremacy in the home between men and women and
the writers’ presentation of obstacles to love in ‘Othello’ (1603) by William Shakespeare, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ (1947) by Tennessee Williams and ‘The Color Purple’ (1982) by Alice Walker. Despite being written in vastly different settings, it seems that all three texts are closely concerned with the struggle of extraordinary and ordinary people alike searching for one admirable end: love. The epistolary novel ‘The Color Purple’ explores the intertwined issues of racism and sexism that produce