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Themes in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
Cards in this deck (4)
- 1Desire and Fate1. Blanche's journey to 'Cemetaries'
2. Hart Crane and 'The Broken Tower'
3. Blache's fate is preordained, like Williams'
4. Image of the locomotive
5. Blanche's desire determines her fate - 2Death1. Polka music
2. Deaths at Belle Reve
3. The impact of the gunshot sound
4. The Mexican flower seller
5. Stanley's attitude to death - 3Madness1. Blanche's descent into madness begins begins before she arrives
2. She is pushed over the edge in scenes 9 & 10
3. Williams' experince with Rose
4. Different reactions to Blanche's madness - 4Social Class1. Williams' use of diction to indicate class
2. Blanche's attitude to class
3. Stella's attitude to class
4. Stanley's attitude to class
5. The DuBois family background
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- A level English (A Streetcar Named Desire) Flashcards on Themes in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' , created by Robert Speers on 30/04/2017.
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