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Culturally, "Old South" is used to describe the rural, agriculturally-based, and slavery-reliant economy and society in the Antebellum South, prior to the 1861–65 American Civil War, in contrast to the "New South" of the post-Reconstruction Era....

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Major Characters Blanche Dubois Stella Stanley Kowalski Mitch

A Streetcar Named Desire Intro & Scene 1 Themes Historical Context / Setting Love Male Dominance Desire (sexual & emotional) Fantasy vs. Reality Mental Stability

New Orleans 1947 Old South vs. New South Culturally, "Old South" is used to describe the rural, agriculturally-based, and slavery-reliant economy and society in the Antebellum South, prior to the 1861–65 American Civil War, in contrast to the "New South" of the postReconstruction Era.

Scene 1: Scene Direction, Mood & Tone Scene Direction

Pg. 3

Mood Building Character “lyricism and gracefully N/A attenuates the atmosphere of decay” “This ‘blue piano’ expresses the spirit of the life which goes on here” “You can almost feel the warm beath of the brown river beyond the river warehouses with their faint redolences of bananas and coffee” Mood: quaint, historical, dreamy, simple, comfortable, rustic N/A “There is something about her uncertain manner, as well as her white clothes, that suggests a moth”

Pg. 5 “Her appearance is incongruous to this setting”

“Her delicate beauty must avoid a strong light” Character: unstable,

Character

delicate,

Quote/Diction “How could I—do that?”

Tone Judgy, questioning

“What I meant was I’d like to be alone”

Rude, egotistical

“I won’t be looked at in this merciless glare”

Insecure Unstable

Blanche “no coke, honey, not with my nerves tonight” “But you—you’ve put on some weight, yes, you’re just as plump as a little partridge”

Scene 1: Blanche & Tone

Critical

high

class,...