A Streetcar Named Desire

Scene 1 How does Williams describe the area of New Orleans where Stanley and Stella live? Are there any other clues in the text that describe New Orleans?

Scene 1 How does Williams describe the area of New Orleans where Stanley and Stella live? Are there any other clues in the text that describe New Orleans?

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The play takes place in the poor poverty stricken section of New Orleans. Stanley and Stella inhabit a squalid apartment in the tenement slums. Williams uses this setting to describe the feeling and tone of lower working-class New Orleans.