Point 1
Reality VS Illusion
Title cnflict between literal and metaphorical
- streetcar** physically drives Blanche to Elysian Fields, but desire psychologically sustains her in a psychological stagnation which is rooted in illusion **
The fact this streetcar is man made symolises the constructed nature of desire and how routes to aspiration can be superficial.
Streetcars destination being Ellysian fields : souls of heroes resides yet its becoming of a corrupted echo of heaven, shows how her illusions destroy her rather than award her
Society uses desire and illusion to distance from **spiritual salvation **which can be found upon the reflection of reality
Perhaps suggest avoiding reality can form a collective false consciousness
Desire is both the engine of movement and the mechanism of entrapment
Point 1 theorist
The journey suggests a collective false consciousness - mirrors that of the American Dream
Point 2
Old South VS New South
Title foregrounds violent
Movement away from Belle Reve: beautiful dream - untangeable concept, mirrors the fall of the OS’ cultural death, death of aristocratic values
Dream = danger in vulnerability - Blanche desire is not just sexual, but nostalgic
Desire parallels downfall of OS - not economic but emotional
refusal to adapt
Streetcar represents a force of transition between worlds, paradox of motion - space > time → creates a hyper reality
Significance of desire being the bridge between Old Suth vs New South suggests underlining connections between the two, sets them up to fight
Point 2 theorist
Duerre = “attempts to maintain her past, luxurious life by holding onto desires”
Point 2 A04
Glass Menagerie - Williams first success = mother living opon delusion of being a former Southern Belle
