A streetcar named desire - context

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World War Two
Immigrants felt "validated" by fighting in the war - STANLEY
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Old vs New South
Blanche vs Stanley
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Machismo
Stanley embodies machismo
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Plastic theatre
Tennessee Williams was one of the first to introduce this amongst realism of theatre at the time
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Southern Belle
Youthful, flirtatious and to be married - Blanches failure to become a southern woman
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Great depression
End of the Old South
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Domestic violence
Casually accepted in New south
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Patriarchy
Embedded in both the Old and the New South
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Role of women
Domestic house wives and providing children
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Homosexuality
Shunned as well as sexuality in Old South - ALLAN
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Mental health
Overlooked but represented by Blanche
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New Orleans
Culturally diverse and working class
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Anti-Bellum (Slavery)
Old south for, New south against
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Huguenot (french speaking)
Belle reve = mistranslation - BLANCHE
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Blanche vs Stanley

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Old vs New South

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Stanley embodies machismo

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Tennessee Williams was one of the first to introduce this amongst realism of theatre at the time

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Card 5

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Youthful, flirtatious and to be married - Blanches failure to become a southern woman

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