Choose an extract which you find dramatically effective and significant. Analyse the language and dramatic techniques used by Tennessee Williams to explore key attitudes and values and to create drama for the audience. Discuss the importance of the extract for the play as a whole and any relevant contextual factors.

In Tennessee Williams’ play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, each character embodies the themes Williams intends to explore with the audience. The extract that I have chosen to analyse is at the end of scene six (page 54-57), where Blanche reveals her distressing past to Mitch. I consider this as a key point in the play because many of the questions that crop up in the mind of the audience are at long last answered by what Blanche tells Mitch. This allows us to understand more about her character and behaviour. The theme of illusion vs. reality is delivered most strongly through Blanche in this extract. Blanche struggles to tell the difference between reality and......

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Title: A Streetcar Named Desire
Approximate Word Count: 1577
Approximate Pages: 7 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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