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sydneyannb 's review for:
A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
Overall I liked this play mainly due to the drama of the characters and the detailed writing.
This book worked better for me after I watched the parts from the live actions because when I started reading this I had a hard time conjuring an image of the scenes and the characters themselves. Seeing a "real life" Blanche helped me understand her faux timidness and slender frame. I think the only aspect of the book that didn't really work for me is that I felt Stella wasn't really focused on enough, at the end of the novel she has her baby but it feels like none of the characters care so the reader is just left wondering what is going on because everything is all about Blanche and Stanley and their power dynamic.
Someone my age might take away from this book the challenges of managing familial relations, because I know while I was reading this I could certainly relate to a few experiences in regards to the difficulties that arise when dealing with family.
I believe Williams was trying to convey the effects of increasing tensions and the effects it can have on relationships and the psyche, as well as showing a perspective of a "tortured" world. I think he was successful in that aim because he included a lot of vices in his characters that people deal with in real life such as abuse, vanity, violence, etc.
I think the book was effective because it showed these vices on the extreme ends of the gender norm spectrum. You have Blanche who wants to come off as delicate, soft, and well-spoken but she ends up being shrill, manic, and overly obsessed with her appearance. Stanley wants to be a "real man", the epitome of strength and responsibility, but this ends as controlling and misogynistic, and violent.
Overall I really liked the play I thought it was a fun read but I was there was a stronger decline in Blanche's storyline, but that is just my selfish wish I don't think it would have actually made sense in terms of the story.
This book worked better for me after I watched the parts from the live actions because when I started reading this I had a hard time conjuring an image of the scenes and the characters themselves. Seeing a "real life" Blanche helped me understand her faux timidness and slender frame. I think the only aspect of the book that didn't really work for me is that I felt Stella wasn't really focused on enough, at the end of the novel she has her baby but it feels like none of the characters care so the reader is just left wondering what is going on because everything is all about Blanche and Stanley and their power dynamic.
Someone my age might take away from this book the challenges of managing familial relations, because I know while I was reading this I could certainly relate to a few experiences in regards to the difficulties that arise when dealing with family.
I believe Williams was trying to convey the effects of increasing tensions and the effects it can have on relationships and the psyche, as well as showing a perspective of a "tortured" world. I think he was successful in that aim because he included a lot of vices in his characters that people deal with in real life such as abuse, vanity, violence, etc.
I think the book was effective because it showed these vices on the extreme ends of the gender norm spectrum. You have Blanche who wants to come off as delicate, soft, and well-spoken but she ends up being shrill, manic, and overly obsessed with her appearance. Stanley wants to be a "real man", the epitome of strength and responsibility, but this ends as controlling and misogynistic, and violent.
Overall I really liked the play I thought it was a fun read but I was there was a stronger decline in Blanche's storyline, but that is just my selfish wish I don't think it would have actually made sense in terms of the story.