To Publish or Not to Publish? : A Streetcar Named Desire
After recently reading and reviewing Tennessee Williams newest book A Streetcar Named Desire, I have come to the following conclusions.
Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire is a tragic story about the mental and social downfall of a southern belle living in the new south. The book begins with Blanche Dubois's arrival at her sisters New Orleans apartment. Although it is clear Blanche is uncomfortable and some what disgusted with the fact that she must stay in such a noisy, diverse and working-class neighborhood, she is unable to afford to pay for a hotel. Soon after Blanche and her sister, Stella Kowalski, begin talking Blanche reveals that she has lost their ancestral home of Belle Reve and she is completely bankrupt. Blanche is later introduced to Stanley Kowalski, Stella's 'working-class' husband. Stanley instantly sees through Blanche's phony stories and refined attitude. Stanley's "primitive" actions immediately clash with Blanche's social condescension. When Blanche begins to get close with Stanley's friend, Mitch, Stanley begins to look into Blanches past. It is at this point when Stanley discovers the key to the Blanches downfall. He reveals that Blanches husband Allan Grey committed suicide after being caught sleeping with another man. After loosing Belle Reve and her husband, Blanche turns to sexual promiscuity hoping her desire for lust can fill the emptiness inside her caused by her true desire to be love. Blanche's sexual lifestyle leads her to be fired from her job as a school teacher when an anonymous letter is given to the principal of the school revealing an affair Blanche had with a 17 year old student. With no where to go, Blanche has hit rock bottom and came to seek refugee at her sisters New Orleans apartment. When Stanley divulges to Stella and Mitch what he has learned they are both ...