One important trait of this play that I consider of paramount importance is the name of the play itself. A streetcar named "desire" obviously has a rationale and intention in its title, however, this also can be interpreted in many ways. The name of the novel can say several information sometimes, but in this case I think we need to lead a specific character to the origin of the title.
Since Blanche is the one who takes this streetcar, it is clear that has to do with all that her character represent. Blanche comes from a place that is full of memories of bad reputation, death and DESIRE which at the end is what is killing her slowly. Another point of consideration here is that Blanche does not get to Stella's place just for visiting, instead she gets there because she was kicked out of her old place. This is a keynote in the interpretation of the title since Blanche is not able to hold back her sexual desire that she knows can destroy her life. This sexual desire has to do also with a obsession with the appearance and the necessity of being the center of attention all the time. Blanche loves to be a desireable woman, she loves fantasy and this is also a feature that is shared with Stanley and Stella. While Stanley has a confusion in terms of feelings with Blanche and he feels the need of having her, Stella is also a "fan" of fantasy since although she knows how her man is not as good as she thought she still believe in him .
Anyways it seems like Blanche is not aware of what her actions bring about, that is why is considered a person out of mind, however, from my point of view along the novel it is possible to see the DESIRE in other concrete forms as the addiction to alcohol and cigarette. The trip from the streetcar to Stella's place seems to be the representation of a wide array of desires that Blanche is trying to fulfill .
First of all I would like to say that I find myself in accord with your comment Camila, not only because I also conceive the same about Blanche when you say: from my point of view along the novel it is possible to see the DESIRE in other concrete forms as the addiction to alcohol and cigarette. The trip from the streetcar to Stella's place seems to be the representation of a wide array of desires that Blanche is trying to fulfill. But also because she had been so surrounded by death that she only glimpse for the opposite, which in this case was desire.
ResponderEliminarMoreover, desire for her embodied life and being young, and as a consequence of that she fooled around with men for the sake of experience life. Although, the bitter part is that not only she feels bad morally, but also she became old inside and a huge part of her died. What's more, in New Orleans she gets on the streetcar named "cemetary" , which symbolizes death.
All in all, while I was looking up for information about Tennessee I found something very interesting about "desire and cementary", and is that he uses it to emphasizes one of the preeminent themes of the play: we live our lives as if we were on a streetcar of desire incapable to control our passions till the end of the line, which will lead to death. The same that happened to Blanche.