Summary The Old and New South in A Street Car Named Desire - theme page
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Unit 1 - Drama
Institution
PEARSON (PEARSON)
Theme page of A* level arguments, quotations, language analysis, themes and context regarding the Old and New South in A Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Blanches gradual decline of autonomy and mental state, reflects the slow decay of the antebellum old south, and its lack of placement
in New Society.
Key Quotes Literary/Dramatic Devices Critical Quotations (p.) Context +
Contextual
Quotations
S1 S1 ‘the play as a form did Beauty vs Decay
‘belle reve?’ – dream of old south ‘faded white stairs’ – mirror Blanche’s faded possess something like French quarter is
‘the summer Dad died and you left us…’- nobility a fateful potential for one of the oldest and
sees herself as martyr of southern life ‘blue piano’ – symbol of integration illuminating society’s most established
‘they’re something like Irish’, ‘Polacks?’ ‘yes’ – b’s monosyllabic replies, incongruous fate’ – Arthur Miller parts of New
– racial tension and ignorance, she clings to to new life Orleans.
hierarchy ‘a great big place with white columns’ (E), Williams uses
‘such as his civilian background!’ – juxtaposes NO setting expressionism/poetic
conflicting old and new south ‘yes. A different species’ – (s), an realism to evoke a
‘I can hardly stand it when he is away for animalistic, new age of men whole experience of
a night…’ – animalistic romanticism ‘the best I could do was make my own city life based on the
contrasts chilvaric old south living, Blanche.’ – stella is bridge between senses.
S2 old and new, she can survive but in a diluted
‘those are inexpensive summer furs’ – form Blanche never
class divide ‘Belle Reve? Lost, is it? No!’ – loss of dream comments on the
‘I am the glamerous type! I said, So symbolises loss of old south music playing ‘just
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