Sunday, June 21, 2009

A Streetcar Named Desire Essay Topics

Write an essay (minimum of three pages - space and a half, Times font, size 14) on any of the following themes from A Streetcar Named Desire. If you feel another theme is appropriate, that is fine. Please run it by me first, though.

Your essay will be graded primarily on the depth of thought demonstrated and on your ability to communicate with me how this play made you think, or how it might even possibly alter your view of life.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of essay themes:

    Fantasy vs. Reality

    Purity vs. Impurity

    Sexual confusion

    Rape

    Abuse of loved ones

    Phoniness

    Mental instability

    Basing a relationship on need

    What you think love is

    Macho and manly - are they the same, different? Is Stanley either, neither, or both?

    Would you females like a Stanley in your life? Why or why not?

    Comment on Blanche’s statement, "Yes, I want Mitch very badly. I want to deceive him enough to want me."

    Character analysis of any major character

    Being creative, continue the play from its endpoint on.

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