欲望号街车 A Streetcar Named Desire

Cruelty
• This sin is Stanley’s specialty. His final assault against Blanche is a merciless attack against an already-beaten foe. • Blanche, on the other hand, is dishonest but she never lies out of malice. • Her cruelty is unintentional; often, she lies in a vain or misguided effort to please.
History and related research of the topic
• Interpretation on the Tragic Fate of Blanche in Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire 对田纳西·威廉的《欲望号街车》布兰奇悲 剧命运的解读 • Blanche Must be Mad: A Re-reading of Blanche’s Madness in a Streetcar Named Desire 重读《欲望号街车》中白兰奇的疯狂 • Representation of Gender and Sexuality in a Streetcar Named Desire 《欲望号街车》中对性别与两性的表现 • On the Destruction of Blanche Dubois’s Ego： Psycho-social Analysis of a Streetcar named Desire 论布朗琪·杜波依斯自我的毁灭 ——《欲望号街车》的精神社会分析
• Although we learn later in the play that desire is one of her driving motivations, Blanche seeks to deny it. • Physical desire, and not intellectual or spiritual intimacy, is the heart of Stella’s and Stanley’s relationship. • Desire is also Blanche’s undoing, because she cannot find a healthy way of dealing with her natural urges - she is always either trying to suppress them or pursuing them with abandon.
《欲望号街车》的主题意蕴
• 内容提要：本文通过“同一者”、“他者”、 “权威”等范畴进一步分析了《欲望号街车》中 扑朔迷离的人物关系。论文在文本分析的基础上 认为,现代工业社会中“权威”在对“性异常”、 “疯癫”等边缘文化拒绝与禁闭的同时消解了自 身,从而揭示剧作所隐含的后现代主义特质。 • 主题词：田纳西·威廉斯 他者 后现代主义
Loneliness
• Blanche desperately seeks companionship and protection in the arms of strangers. • Blanche is in need of a defender.
Desire---central theme
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Illusion versus reality Cruelty Loneliness Desire
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Illusion versus Fantasy
• Blanche dwells in illusion; fantasy is her primary means of selfdefense, both against outside threats and against her own demons. • Fantasy has a liberating magic that protects her from the tragedies she has had to endure.