A Streetcar Named Desire Critics

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I R D F C L I I N D N C I H G C L A N F A
N E U O H B Q B I J V B J H I G F Y O F C
K C I D W I K J E O G E R Q A B W M T V Q
F S N T C L E V T A B I R M N P H I P Q F
U A L W S I R K S N N Y O J A S Q L M C L
B R U C O J X O U T A B B E N Q E L E O Q
O P E V L A F I R E N V E T C L W E K N D
D Q I Y O N Q W B M R Q R B Y U U R Y V K
J G X M P A R D T P E C T S T Q V O R M O
T C P D O O B V R L K L B X I D S N R S O
O Y D C S K A S E E B X R G S W F B U N O
F C L C A L O I B T N P U A C I W R M O J
S K A D L P E S O O I S N E H W U A Q Y X
H J X K V O K Q R N V H S W L T C N O I W
A U V Y A C K P B G L I T S E A G D T B X
Y E S L C I F T M C A P E N R P Y O B M G
X R Q O N C A Y T B B B I A B D A W N V E
K F P M A L V A K J T T N J P N J Q D M M
P E G G Y P E N S H A W N L Y U V P N I I
A F W N B O Y T C L T U B N N B C S R N F
S V X R E X L P M F C F R E P T K H N R F

Clues

  • 'a reversal of Darwin's vision - back to the apes' (5, 8)
  • 'a tiger, a sexual predator' (6, 2, 6)
  • 'Characters and themes are built upon paradox' (5, 7)
  • 'Stanley is a realist who trusts only his own senses' (5, 1, 6)
  • 'The conflict between Blanche and Stanley allegorises the struggle between effeminate culture and masculine libido' (6, 8)
  • 'Williams portrays Blanche as the last representative of the old aristocracy who tries to survive in the modern world by escaping' (8, 8)
  • Blanche through her 'epic fornications, is just as responsible as the Old South for her own demise' (4, 9)
  • Blanche's victimisation has 'less to do with the history of the South as we now have it than with gender determined exclusion from the larger historical discourse' (4, 10)
  • Stanley's 'sexuality, though violent, is unmental, unspiritual, and therefore, in some way, free from taint' (6, 9)
  • William's plays 'tell us about how men must look to women ogres to be appeased' (5, 7)

Comments

Nusrath :)))

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Really good to add in my essays, thank you!

mysterycurious

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Hi, does any1 know the source for the Emma Kirby quote, I need to reference it but cant seem to find the original anywhere, thx :)

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