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A Streetcar Named Desire

Essay Test

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Each answer must be at least a single spaced page in length, and must feature a minimum of 2 quotes from the play. The way you answer each of these questions will reveal your ability to critically analyze and deconstruct a text. DO NOT use personal pronouns and communicate as eloquently as possible.

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CHOOSE ANY 2 QUESTIONS TO ANSWER, AND DO AN EXTRA ONE FOR BONUS POINTS IF YOU LIKE.

 

1. Why is this play entitled A Streetcar Named Desire?

 

2. Convincingly and persuasively argue that Stella is the villain of this play.

 

3. What are Blanche’s main secrets? Was it fair of her to keep these secrets from Mitch?

 

4. Argue that there are NO heroes in the play. This will entail analyzing each of the 3 main characters (Stanley, Stella, Blanche) at length. (Hero: a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage or strength.) 

  

5. What is the moral, theme or lesson of this play?

 

6. Argue that Stanley is the villain of this play. (Villain: a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot. a person or thing considered to be the cause of something bad: Fear is the villain that can sabotage our goals.)

 

7. What is Williams attempting to convey about the status of men versus women, respectively, in the world, and particularly within patriarchy? (Consider what Stanley gets away with by comparison to what Blanche is eternally damned for).

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8. Compare and contrast the respective endings of the film and the play. Take a stance regarding which of the endings better suits the overall story being told. 

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