ASND Quotes

• The play is set in the 1950’s
• The author is Tennessee Williams
• Zoomorphism is when a character is compared to an animal
• Tennessee Williams


  Homosexual but remained illegal for most of his life, struggled with mental health, knows what happens when you have bad mental health
• Blanche


  Embodies the values and culture of the Old South
• Stanley


  Represents the workers of the New South
• Aftermath of civil war in America over abolishment of slavery, plantations depend on them
• Women pushed back into traditional gender roles after WW2
• Williams established conventional gender roles and stereotypes
• Gender roles

  • Stanley and Stella show conformity, Blanche often showcases masculine energy, Mitch and Allan show very feminine energy
• Tennessee Williams portrays New Orleans to be accepting but also chooses to use language and slang such as 'negro woman' and 'mexican woman' to show otherness
• The play only addresses racism faced by European immigrants through Blanche calling Stanley a 'polack' many times throughout the play (xenophobia)
• Various different groups of immigrants who came to the US in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries united to create a cohesive national ethos through the American Dream
• Based In new Orleans, a melting pot nation