1. Geographical<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Set in New Orleans<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Exterior of a corner building on a street called "Elysian Fields"
\n*Elysian Fields-ancient Greek version of the afterlife; heaven.
\nbetween the river and the train tracks in a poor section of New Orleans with "raffish [crude] charm<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 House #632<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steve and Eunice live upstairs
\nStanley and Stella live downstairs<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There are two rooms (kitchen and bedroom) and a bathroom.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is a bar within earshot<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bowling alley down the street<\/p>\n
2. Date<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sc. I: Early May evening<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sc. II: 6:00 the evening after Scene 1.<\/p>\n
\n- Sc. III: Early morning: 2:30<\/li>\n
- Sc.\u00a0 IV: Later that morning<\/li>\n
- Sc. VI: 2 AM the same evening as Scene 5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sc. VII: Late afternoon in mid-September .<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sc. IIIV: 45 minutes after Scene 7.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sc. IX: "A while later that evening."<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sc. X: "A few hours later that night."<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sc. XI: Weeks later after Scene 10.<\/p>\n
3. Economic<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shabby, faded, everything is falling apart<\/p>\n
\n- Blanche DuBois: dressed in a white suit appropriate for an upper-crust social event<\/li>\n
- Blanche is broke after losing Belle Reve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stanley and Mitch are in denim "work clothes"<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blanche is shocked that Stella has no maid<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stanley controls the household finances (Stella does not receive a "regular allowance"; possible that this is the norm?).<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coming off the heels of WWII, Great Depression, etc<\/p>\n
4. Political<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stanley's adherence to the Napoleonic Code and the ideals of Huey Long<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Technical Revolution and the rise of the working class are in full swing.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The script was published in 1946, which was just after the conclusion of World War II and during the Technological Revolution (second Industrial Revolution). Americans idealized the middle\/lower class men who served in the war. The characteristics which make a great soldier (strong, savage, detached) became accepted within the home and family. Also, Americans' attitudes towards the upper class was unfavorable. Following the Great Depression, after a period of high unemployment rates, many Americans disliked the affluent who were unaffected.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stanley represents the working class. He is a decorated soldier. His behavior is acceptable, even when he is violent. In contrast, Blanche cannot catch a break. Blanche's old southern values have been replaced by the values of the Technological Revolution.<\/p>\n
5. Social<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stanley treats Stella badly: yells at her<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blanche DuBois: dressed in a white suit appropriate for an upper-crust social event<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blanche and Stella are originally from Laurel, Mississippi<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blanche is a school teacher<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stella is pregnant<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stanley and Mitch are 28-30 years old, and in denim "work clothes"<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stella looks 25 and has "a background obviously quite different from her husband's" (4)<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stella, Eunice and Blanche are white<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blanche is around 5 years older than Stella. They are sisters.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stanley is Polish, and a Master Sergeant in the Engineers Corps<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blanche has an acquaintance named Shep Huntleigh, who she dated in college. Shep has become fairly wealthy through the oil business. Social<\/em><\/p>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stanley controls the household finances (Stella does not receive a "regular allowance"; possible that this is the norm?).<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stanley is a Capricorn.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blanche (claims she) is a Virgo.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blanche can speak at least a few phrases of French; Mitch cannot<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blanche has "old-fashioned ideals."<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mitch's mother worries that he will not marry before she dies<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stanley and Mitch work at the same plant and play on the same bowling team<\/p>\n
6. Religious<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blanche references God and being made in His image; implies that she is a Christian.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stanley's adherence to the Napoleonic Code and the ideals of Huey Long<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coming off the heels of WWII, Great Depression, etc<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Blanche seems to put some sort of stock in astrology.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Blanche believes in the power of self-deception to shape subjective reality.<\/p>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Blanche claims that "deliberate cruelty is not forgivable."<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The characteristics which make a great soldier (strong, savage, detached) were valued at this time.<\/p>\n
II. Previous Action:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blanche lost Belle Reve estate after the deaths of her and Stella's remaining relatives.\u00a0 It was lost on a foreclosed mortgage.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She has taken a leave of absence from teaching "for her nerves" but later it is discovered it was because she slept with a 17 year old student.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stella is pregnant.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blanche was married before to a man named Allan, but after she discovered he was homosexual, he committed suicide.<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steve has been engaging in behavior giving Eunice cause to suspect him of infidelity<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mitch and Stanley served together in the "Two-forty-first."<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blanche was kicked out of The Flamingo Hotel for her promiscuous behavior, and ruined her reputation in Laurel.<\/p>\n
III. Polar attitudes of main characters:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nBlanche:<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nStarts the play with a superior ability to ignore the aspects of her reality she does not like, by masking herself in a web of lies. By the end of the play, the web has untangled, and she falls into insanity to avoid acknowledging the stress of her past behavior.<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do I (the character) feel about my world?<\/p>\n
a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The world is for the socially elite.\u00a0 As long as one has some semblance of dignity and one can truly maintain your reputation, the world will be fine.\u00a0 Social class is of utmost importance, along with every aspect of class.\u00a0 The money, appearance, and knowledge of the upper classes should not be ignored and I must make sure that I can continue my reputation as a lady; I know that everyone will respect me and take care of me.\u00a0 At this point in my life I don't exactly know where I can turn; my family connections are dead or in poverty and my estate is ruined.\u00a0 I have had my weak moments in the past, but I know that I am still a woman to be respected and treated daintily and nothing can change that.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do I feel about my relationships?<\/p>\n
a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As far as men are concerned, they should pay attention to me and provide for me simply because of who I am and where I came from.\u00a0 I love Stella and I only want the best for her, but I'm still angry that she left Belle Reve.\u00a0 Stanley is low class and Stella deserves better.\u00a0 Even so, I want to know what makes him tick.\u00a0 Mitch is sweet, but will never be any more than just a friend.\u00a0 He lacks the true qualities of a gentleman.\u00a0 Shep Huntleigh, on the other hand, is everything that I ever dreamed that he would be, and if I can make sure that he is my husband, then we can live the perfect life together.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do I feel about myself?<\/p>\n
a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am sweet and sensitive and I always want to put my best foot forward.\u00a0 I can only hope that people feel the same about me, and I hope that my social standing will remain constant throughout the rest of my life.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do I feel about my prospects?<\/p>\n
a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At this point, prospects do not look so promising.\u00a0 My husband has committed suicide and I must now live with my freshly impoverished sister.\u00a0 As soon as I can find a husband who can provide for me I will be able to live the rest of my life comfortably.<\/p>\n
\n\n| \n Na\u00c3\u00afve-If you appear to be innocent and na\u00c3\u00afve, no one will question you.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Untrue-Living in lies will end your reputation.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| \n Innocent: Women should not give in to their desires.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Guilty: Once women have given in to their desires, the attempts to cover them up will be futile.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| \n Hopeful: It is still possible to live in the past.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Desperate: Once you have crossed certain boundaries, there is no going back.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| \n Beautiful-The art of being a southern belle will bring me a future.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Ashamed and Disheveled- Southern gentility is dead.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n Stella:<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nStella begins the play hoping to help her sister, and ends the play having given up on her.\u00a0 She also has fluctuations with her relationship with Stanley: She seems relatively content at the beginning of the play, attempts to leave him in the middle for a brief period, returns to him, and ends the play purposefully ignoring his rotten behavior so that she can attempt to be happy with him.<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do I (the character) feel about my world?<\/p>\n a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I used to live in the Laurel, Mississippi on a grand estate, but now I essentially live in the slums of New Orleans.\u00a0 I know this life isn't what was supposed to happen to me, but I don't mind it at all.\u00a0 I'm madly in love with Stanley and I know, no matter what he does, that he loves me back.\u00a0 It annoys me that Blanche feels that she can judge my life based on what she thinks I should be.\u00a0 I am perfectly fine where I am.<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do I feel about my relationships?<\/p>\n a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stanley is the most important person in my life.\u00a0 I don't like being out of his presence for a second and I feel horrible when he's not with me.\u00a0 Blanche is my sister and of course I love her, but she needs to figure out what's going on in her life and not judge me.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do I feel about myself?<\/p>\n a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I feel like I'm doing all right with my life as of right now.\u00a0 I couldn't move away from here even if I needed to.\u00a0 I love Stanley and I need to be with him and I'm carrying his child, so there's no way that I could leave this alone.<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do I feel about my prospects?<\/p>\n a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stanley is going places.\u00a0 He knows that he's going to be somebody important and I believe him wholeheartedly.\u00a0 I'll be there for him when he becomes successful.<\/p>\n \n\n| \n Imagination-Living the dream is possible.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Determination- Reality is difficult but you must learn to live with it.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n Floating-Devotion is given to the person who loves me the most.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Loyalty-I must support everything that Stanley stands for.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n Stanley:<\/u><\/em><\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\nStanley does not change much throughout the play.\u00a0 He is violent and head strong at the beginning, and violent and headstrong at the end.<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do I (the character) feel about my world?<\/p>\n a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I have the ambition and drive to go where nobody else can go.\u00a0 I may seem crude to some people, but they just don't understand me.\u00a0 I've always been lucky and I know that that will make me successful later on in life.\u00a0 I live in the now, I never think in the future and I don't let events in the past bother me.<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do I feel about my relationships?<\/p>\n a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stella is the only thing I care about.\u00a0 I'm going to do whatever it takes to take care of her, but sometimes she doesn't understand that I'm in charge and I have to remind her.\u00a0 Sometimes I get a little out of control, but it's what I'm supposed to do.\u00a0 I don't trust Blanche and I think that she's trying to cut Stella out of the Belle Reve money.\u00a0 She's a drunk and a liar and I'm going to figure out what's happening behind her Southern Belle mask.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do I feel about myself?<\/p>\n a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I'm pretty proud with what I've been able to accomplish and I know that there's something special and unique about me.<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do I feel about my prospects?<\/p>\n a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The future is bright for me.\u00a0 I know what I want and I know how to get it, and there's never anything that stands in my way.\u00a0 I know that I'll eventually end up on top no matter what.<\/p>\n \n\n| \n Determined -If you know what you love then you'll be able to get it in the end<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Unmotivated-Social class has nothing to do with internal class: money is not important.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n Passionate-The love between a man and a woman will never die.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Brutish-Sex is nothing more than an animalistic urge.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n Mitch:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nAt the start of the play, Mitch is very polite and respectful to Blanche, believing her to be a pure woman.\u00a0 By the end of the play, he has become disrespectful after learning of her past, but also depressed at her mental state<\/p>\n IV. \u00a0Significance of the Facts in the Total Meaning of the Play:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nThis is a play about reality versus fantasy. Blanche spends the majority of the play attempting to ignore her reality by creating a fantasy world. Stanley is the realist, and picks apart Blanche's fantasies every step of the way, eventually dominating her by raping her, demonstrating reality's triumph over fantasy. The given circumstances of the play help demonstrate this struggle by giving it a context. Blanche used to live in a wealthy home, she lost her money, her husband, her virtue, and her youth. Without those given circumstances Blanche would have no need to hide herself lies, because her reality would not be so painful. Stella parallels Blanche, and her given circumstances, though fairly similar, lead to a different conclusion. Stella, too, has lost her fortune, but she gave up her higher class background to be with Stanley. They live in a cramped apartment in a cheap neighborhood, but unlike Blanche, who tries to dress it up, Stella accepts it. She is also pregnant when the play starts, a manifestation of the positive side of her life, and why she is willing to accept her reality: her attraction to Stanley.<\/p>\n The given circumstances also create the social climate of the time, which is very important in creating a context for Blanche, Stella and Stanley's behaviors. Stanley is a decorated soldier, and lives like a soldier: strong and savage when need be. He is a "man's man" making him the head of the house. This gives him leave to treat the woman of the house how he sees fit. Including both beating on Stella and raping Blanche. Stella forgives Stanley, which is believable considering the amount of her life she has already sacrificed for him, including wealth and living close to home. Blanche is supposed to abide by the values of a good woman: innocence and beauty, but sacrifices her innocence to feel beautiful and comforted after her husband commits suicide. Thus, she is not a good woman and deals with the consequences as previously stated: by creating a web of lies to live behind. These values emphasize the double standards of gender roles, with a man getting away with abuse and rape, while a woman who has consensual sex, but with many men, is completely destroyed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I. Environmental Facts: 1. 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