ASCND THEMES
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- Created on: 09-06-19 12:20
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- Themes in ASCND
- Marriage
- Stanley and Stella represent the cultural unity in which marriage can implement.
- ‘I pulled you off them white columns and how you loved it.’
- Steve and Eunice represents the normality of domestic violence within society.
- ‘you aint pulling the wool over my eyes’
- cooing loving words’
- 'Same as last time'
- Blanche and Alan symbolise the 1940 view towards homosexuals
- ‘I know, I know, you disgust me’
- the name: Blanche’
- Stanley and Stella represent the cultural unity in which marriage can implement.
- Masculinity
- Stanley is seen to mark his masculinity through his physical attributes
- stage direction: 'he starts to remove his shirt'
- 'Bearing the raw meat from the jungle'
- Can also be seen to be threatened through the influence of Blanche
- 'since when do you give me orders'
- Evident through his animalistic behaviour to increase dominance
- 'He stalks the rooms in his underwear at night'
- 'Catch' - 'Meat'
- Stanley is seen to mark his masculinity through his physical attributes
- Social Class
- Evident through the middle class opinions on the working class lives
- 'This - can this be - her home?'
- Those of the upper class can be seen to demoralise the position of those lower than themselves
- 'only not so - highbrow
- Evident through the conflict between Stanley and Blanche and the fight for power
- 'now that you've touched them, I'll burn them'
- Evident through the middle class opinions on the working class lives
- Sex
- is presented as a destructive force of an individual evident through the **** scene
- 'lurid reflections appear on the wall'
- 'He picks up her insert figure and carries her to the bed'
- Can be seen to be used to difuse situations
- 'Her face serene in the early morning sunlight'
- 'He lifts her off her feet and bears her into the dark flat'
- ufaithful sex surrounds the play through both Steve and Stanley which can be seen to be normalised
- 'you aint pulling the wool over my eyes'
- 'cooing love - words'
- is presented as a destructive force of an individual evident through the **** scene
- Fantasy vs Reality
- Fantasy vs reality can be seen through the way in which Blanche metaphorically blinds herself
- 'put a paper lantern over it'
- 'the dark is comforting to me'
- Stanley can be seen to demolish the fantasy of Blanche through his physical force
- 'He crosses to the dressing table and seizes the paper lantern'
- 'He picks up her insert figure and carries her to the bed'
- can be seen to use a fantastical romance in order to escape the reality of her situation
- 'inviting me on a cruise to the Caribbean'
- I cannot imagine any witch of a woman casting a spell on you'
- 'Now she is placing the rhinestone tiara on her head before the mirror'
- Fantasy vs reality can be seen through the way in which Blanche metaphorically blinds herself
- Culture
- Evident through the symbolism behind the presence of the Mexican woman
- ‘Flores para los murtos’
- ‘Corones’
- Can also be identified through the southern heritage of Blanche
- This – can’t be – her home’.
- Southern Belle’
- Culture can also be seen as evident through the conflict between Blanche and Stanley
- by ‘Now you’ve touched them, I’ll burn them’
- 'Polack'
- Evident through the symbolism behind the presence of the Mexican woman
- Life vs Death
- Life and death can be used to argue the conflict between the young and older generations
- 'especially now she's going to have a baby'
- can be seen through the conflict Blanche has with her inner self as a result of her realism
- 'that unwashed g**** has transported her to heaven'
- 'the cathedral chimes are heard'
- 'that unwashed g**** has transported her to heaven'
- can also be shown through the conflict Blanche continues to have with the presence of death towards romance
- 'polka music'
- 'And then the searchlight which had been turned on the world was turned off again'
- Life and death can be used to argue the conflict between the young and older generations
- Realism
- Blanche’s fight realism can be personified through the influence of her fantasy world in which she uses as a barrier to fight such relality
- 'I didn't lie in my heart'
- 'I don't want realism'
- ‘At the mirror and dabbing her face with cologne and powder’
- Blanche’s fight realism can be personified through the influence of her fantasy world in which she uses as a barrier to fight such relality
- Brutalitiy
- Brutality can be viewed through the physical force applied against the women of the play
- 'He picks up her insert figure and carries her to the bed'
- 'He crosses to the dressing table and seizes the paper lantern'
- Brutality can be shown through the psychological violence Blanche experiences as a result of her abuse
- 'Lurid reflections appear on the wall in odd sinuous shapes'
- 'Blanche turns wildly and scratches the matron'
- Brutality can be viewed through the physical force applied against the women of the play
- Femininity
- Blanche can be seen to use her femininity as a tool but also identifies the exploitation of feminine qualities
- 'Comes out of the bathroom in a red satin robe'
- 'Don't even admit your existence unless they are making love to you'
- Maculine dominance can also be seen through the language used to describe women
- 'My baby dolls left me'
- 'And when he comes back I cry on his lap like a baby'
- can be used to signify the sexual conflict between Blanche and Stanley
- 'Now you've touched them I'll burn them
- 'He crosses to the dressing table and seizes the paper lantern'
- Blanche can be seen to use her femininity as a tool but also identifies the exploitation of feminine qualities
- Marriage
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