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    This document provides an analysis of the key elements in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. It examines the setting, which takes place in a district in New Orleans and Stanley and Stella's apartment. Temporal markers show the action begins and ends within a short timeframe, with two important gaps in Blanche's arrival and departure. The progression of the play is divided into five major stages across eleven scenes. Scenes are analyzed in terms of character development, dramatic functions, and references to Blanche's mysterious past.

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    This document provides an analysis of the key elements in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. It examines the setting, which takes place in a district in New Orleans and Stanley and Stella's apartment. Temporal markers show the action begins and ends within a short timeframe, with two important gaps in Blanche's arrival and departure. The progression of the play is divided into five major stages across eleven scenes. Scenes are analyzed in terms of character development, dramatic functions, and references to Blanche's mysterious past.

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    This document provides an analysis of the key elements in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. It examines the setting, which takes place in a district in New Orleans and Stanley and Stella's apartment. Temporal markers show the action begins and ends within a short timeframe, with two important gaps in Blanche's arrival and departure. The progression of the play is divided into five major stages across eleven scenes. Scenes are analyzed in terms of character development, dramatic functions, and references to Blanche's mysterious past.

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    A Streetcar Named Desire

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    Spatial markers /the setting Where does the action take place ? What kind of setting? What are the particularities of the setting? Study the description of the setting (a district in New Orleans + the apartment and the function of the curtain). What elements does T.W. use to create a peculiar atmosphere? What are the different places mentioned/evoked in the play? (find the references to offstage places? Do they have a particular meaning? Temporal markers and time structure Is there unity of time or discontinuity? When does the action begin? When does it stop? (find the temporal markers). There are two important temporal gaps in the play: where are they situated? When is Blanches birthday? Distinguish the 5 major moments/stages which articulate the progression of the play from scene 1 to scene 11. Questions: What is the purpose of scene 1? Scene 1 is quite long and can be divided in several sequences: which ones? What important information is presented in scene one concerning Blanche and her coming to New Orleans? What features are emphasized in the description of the character of Stanley? (see stage directions). What features are emphasized in the character of Blanche? What are the different kinds of music that can be heard on stage? What is their function? There are 2 poker games in the play? Where are they situated? What is their function? How does the first poker game end? How do they contrast? What is the dramatic function of Blanches monologue at the end of scene 4? In scene 5 what is the function of the episode with the newspaper boy? What happens during Blanches birthday dinner? Why can scene 6 and scene 9 be placed in parallel? In which scene is the climax of the dramatic action situated? What happens? Find the intertextual references which appear in the play. Find the different recurrences of Blanches past (in which scenes? )

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