Blanche dubois Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

These are A3 sized character maps featuring the characters of Blanche, Stella and Stanley from A Streetcar Named Desire. These maps fully explore every extent of the each character, including key words associated with the character, key quotes, development points, critical themes, literary critics, contextual references, links to other texts, and lastly, exploration of dramatic techniques and stagecraft employed by Tennessee Williams. IMPORTANT NOTE, PLEASE READ: Because the file is in A3 forma...

AS/ A2 Level 'A Streetcar Named Desire' powerpoint - overview Revision notes. Includes themes, quotations, context, character studies, terminology (SST). Written by high achieving grade A/B student.

This essay explores how Blanche Dubois is a representative of the old, Southern, aristocratic upper classes. It draws a contrast between Stanley Kowalski, a lower class industrial worker, and Blanche DuBois, a fallen Southern Belle.

Explores how Tennessee Williams has portrayed the upper class and lower class in his play A Streetcar Named Desire, with Blanche representing the old Southern upper class and Stanley representing the developing lower classes.

PowerPoint showing fantasy and delusion in Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire

Explores how Tennessee Williams has made use of props and stage directions in this play to provide the audience insight into Blanche’s character and psychological state as well as develop her character. The conclusion drawn at the end of this essay is how props and stage directions contribute to Blanche’s character and what we can understand about Blanche through the symbolism used in the play.