Femininity in A Streetcar Named Desire
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- Femininity & Dependence in A Streetcar Named Desire
- Blanche
- She performs a delicate innocent version of femininity, because she believes this is what makes her most attractive to men.
- After the death of her late husband, she seeks comfort in other men.
- She views Mitch as a refuge and a way to rejuvenate her shattered life.
- Her sexual exploits make other characters perceive her as a shameful, fallen woman, these characteristics are seen as conferring strength and power in Stanley.
- Blanche insists that Stella leave Stanley, but her solution involves dependency on men (Shep Huntleigh).
- Dresses delicately.
- Eunice
- She convinces Stella that she has made the right decision by staying with Stanley rather than believing Blanche's story about being *****.
- Stella
- Her femininity is based on realism.
- Her pregnancy asserts the real, physical, unmasked nature of her conception of herself as a woman.
- She chooses her physical love for Stanley over Blanche.
- Despite the fact that Stanley hits her, it is something she does not want to get out of.
- Both Stella and Blanche only see relationships with men as the only avenue of happiness and fulfillment.
- Blanche
- She performs a delicate innocent version of femininity, because she believes this is what makes her most attractive to men.
- After the death of her late husband, she seeks comfort in other men.
- She views Mitch as a refuge and a way to rejuvenate her shattered life.
- Her sexual exploits make other characters perceive her as a shameful, fallen woman, these characteristics are seen as conferring strength and power in Stanley.
- Blanche insists that Stella leave Stanley, but her solution involves dependency on men (Shep Huntleigh).
- Dresses delicately.
- Blanche
- p. 3 - "There is something about her uncertain manner, as well as her white clothes, that suggests a moth.
- p. 8 - "Blanche: You haven't said a word about my appearance."
- p. 17 - "Stella: And admire her dress and tell her she's looking wonderful. That's important with Blanche. Her little weakness.
- p. 8 - "Blanche: You haven't said a word about my appearance."
- Blanche
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