Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

77 reviews

janewa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Rape, Violence, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Suicide and Medical trauma

Minor: Racism

pomegranatepanacea's review against another edition

challenging tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

I'm trying to parse my feelings on this one. I liked it a lot up until the last scene. It left a bad taste in my mouth at the end, even though I know that was a deliberate choice on Williams' part... Definitely check the content warnings if you want to read it. It didn't ruin it for me, but it definitely left me with a lot of conflicting feelings and a lot of things to think about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship

I want to explain the graphic content warning for mental illness. This spoils the ending of the play in detail.

In the last scene, scene eleven, a doctor and a matron show up to the apartment to hospitalize Blanche. There is mention of a straitjacket, but the doctor says it won't be necessary. Blanche is hospitalized seemingly because she is a compulsive liar, hears music that isn't there, and has developed a delusion.

This ending just seemed very out-of-left-field. It greatly affected my enjoyment of this great play. I know that this is deliberate on Williams' part to showcase Stella's character (

she sees the best in everyone, after all, no matter what

) and the negative stigma surrounding mental health and how it's treated. It's just a massive bummer, and I tend to enjoy reading bummers.

nehanda's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Classism, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Suicide, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Death

simoneparis's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Beautifully tragic, encapsulates emotional ignorance and tragedy surrounding patriarchal standards of men. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape

I don't think I've ever pitied and loved and hated a character as much as Blanche Dubois, there's a bit of her in us all.

syd991's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide and Homophobia

endlessblankpages's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Mental illness

mad_henshall's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

gabriella_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

i cried reading this. considering the time it was written, it’s so rare to find a male writer center female characters, from their own POV, and treat them with so much love and sympathy. he doesn’t forgive or excuse any of his characters, but he really breathes life into them in a refreshing way

there are moments where Tennessee’s fruitiness show in his stage directions and that really adds to the experience!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Infidelity, Cursing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Classism, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Death, Medical trauma, Outing, and Pedophilia

maria_moussa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

samreadssometimes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

it didn't really have much plot and i'm not entirely sure of the purpose or message of the story, but i liked it and think that emotions were displayed very accurately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse