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'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'A Doll's House' Notes

The document provides context and summaries for two works: A Streetcar Named Desire and A Doll's House. For Streetcar, it outlines the 1947 context of masculine power and rising immigrant classes. It summarizes the main characters like Stanley, Stella, and Mitch and themes like masculinity, appearance vs. reality, and moral decay. For symbols, it lists white, baths, alcohol and more. For A Doll's House, it discusses the context of women's domestic roles and an alternative ending. It summarizes the characters of Nora, who breaks stereotypes, and Torvald, who only cares for his self-image. Krogstad struggles against perceptions.

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'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'A Doll's House' Notes

The document provides context and summaries for two works: A Streetcar Named Desire and A Doll's House. For Streetcar, it outlines the 1947 context of masculine power and rising immigrant classes. It summarizes the main characters like Stanley, Stella, and Mitch and themes like masculinity, appearance vs. reality, and moral decay. For symbols, it lists white, baths, alcohol and more. For A Doll's House, it discusses the context of women's domestic roles and an alternative ending. It summarizes the characters of Nora, who breaks stereotypes, and Torvald, who only cares for his self-image. Krogstad struggles against perceptions.

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Streetcar

Context

 1947
 Masculine power
 Rise of the lower class
 Rise of immigrants from poland
 Old American south – downfall
 White superiority – focuses on class status – values that blanche has
 New Orleans (Jazz era)
o Looked like a Time of racial progress yet racial predujice exists

Characters

 Stanley
o Stereotype of masculinity
o He’s horrible showing how if people are stereotypes Is bad
o Insecure about his class/identity
o Sexually aggressive
 Stella
o Passiveness/submissiveness
o Lives for Stanley, a masculine figure
 Mitch
o More in touch with emotions
o Cares about his mother
o Considerate to Blanche
o Implied to become a rapist because of him feeling like a cuckold
 Steve/Eunice
o Live above Stanley/Stella house
o Relationship revolves about abuse

Themes

o Masculinity
o Appearance vs reality
o New vs old
o Delusion
o Desire/lust
o Moral decay of society
o Men get away with anything they want
o Jealousy

Symbols

o White
o Baths
o Alcohol
o Blue piano
o Varsolance
o Papers
o Paper lantern
o Elysian fields

Dolls House

Context

o Status money reputation


o Women are domesticated
o Alternate ending where Nora goes back to the house
o Shows that even Ibsen couldn’t escape social pressure, ironic as the hwole movie is
about social pressure

Characters

o Nora
o 1st half
 Stereotype of gender roles for women
 Willingly submits to it
o nd
2 half
 Breaks stereotypes and becomes independent
 But not necessarily for her own benefit as what will she do after she leaves
Torvald
o Torvald
o Cares only about his own self-image
o Objectifies Nora
o Brainwashed by society and expectations of men and women
o Krogstad
o Lost everything, he forged signatures to marry Ms Linde but is caught, struggles with the
perception against him

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