How are the past and present intertwined in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'?

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How are the past and present intertwined in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'?
- Blanche
  - William's links the past with the structure of the play - use of Blanche's flashbacks
  - Blanche's character linked to the older form of theater, melodrama and sudden outbursts of emotion
    - Scene 4, stage directions "Blanche utters a moaning cry and runs into the bedroom, throwing herself down beside Stella in a rush of hysterical tenderness"

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