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The play takes place right after World War II, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Kowalski apartment is in a poor but charming neighborhood in the French Quarter. Stella, twenty-five years old and pregnant, lives with her blue collar husband Stanley Kowalski. It is summertime, and the heat is oppressive. Blanche Dubois, Stella's older sister, arrives unexpectedly, carrying all that she owns. Blanche and Stella have a warm reunion, but Blanche has some bad news: Belle Reve, the family mansion, has been lost. Blanche stayed behind to care for their dying family while Stella left to make a new life for herself, and Blanche is clearly resentful by her sister's abandonment of the family. Blanche meets her sister's husband, Stanley, for the first…

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Posted By SalUsh 010308 at Feb 01, 2012 11:43 PM

To what extend is Blanche a complex character in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'?

Blanche as a complex character

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Posted By jim s #223457 at Jan 07, 2012 5:43 AM

Choose from a play, a scene which significantly changes your view of a character. Explain how the scene prompts the reappraisal and discuss how important it is to your understanding of the character in the play as a whole.

This question is in relation to Blanche from the play a streetcar named desire.
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Posted By kanika v #222115 at Dec 30, 2011 7:55 AM

what are ideas of ethics and morality in the development of characterization in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’

what are the unethical instances in the play and how do they affect the characters overall?

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