A Streetcar Named Desire Play Analysis

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A Streetcar Named Desire is a famous play that is set in the French Quarter of New Orleans during the hot summer of 1947. The play revolves around the tragicomic character of Blanch DuBois, who is played by Ashley McGlothren, a disgraced high school teacher who has to move in with her sister Stella and ill-mannered husband Stanley Kowalski. The play was performed at the Ashmore Fine Arts Theatre, which style of theatre is arranged in proscenium or picture-frame stage that is fitting, because most of the action takes place in a small two room apartment. The play embraces many attributes that are essential components to put this human conflict in visual terms.
Directed by Rodney Whatley, his choice of play reflects the given time and place with use of dramatic devices that create a sense of tension felt throughout the entire play. The plot of the show moves at a fast pace, which is appropriate in the first scene to get the audience undivided attention. Spectators are immediately drawn to
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This was due to the over consumption of alcohol and fast life she hid from others. Mrs. McGlothren stunning performance was in good taste with fancy clothes and costume jewelry that gave the actress a grandiosity glamour to conflict with the protagonist Keegan Sweet; a working-class Polish man with little education who was consistent with his aggressive dialogue. The interaction between Mrs. McGlothren and Mr. Sweet was relentless, which eventually brought about a series of crises leading to the most significant climatic rape scene. Throughout the play, it was evident that the hot nature of our actress would lure in a predator. The two performed well together as opposing forces with Mr. Sweet abusive nature taking advantage of the harmless undisciplined