“A Streetcar Named Desire” is undoubtedly the greatest American tragedy ever written, this undoubtedly has to do with Williams' skills as a playwright and the subtlety of the techniques he uses to draw the audience in, keep them guessing, engaged and above all; to help further evoke catharsis and show that the protagonist, “Miss Dubois,” has been tainted from the beginning. One of the main techniques used by Williams is his ability to write in a poetic style, this, for a number of reasons, helps to heighten the tragedy and further suggests that the clearly flawed character of Blanche will have her tragic comeuppance. The poetic style with which Tennessee Williams writes, in addition to allowing him to transmit his work without the interference of the censors of the time, also helps to shed a different light on what would otherwise have been written too bluntly; there is not a single moment where Williams says that Blanches' late husband was homosexual, but simply chooses to leave subtle hints in the audience's mind that "suggest" as a pose to "inform them" that "there was something different about the lad". , a nervousness, a softness and a tenderness that did not at all resemble those of a man". Leaving much of what happens to interpretation, the mind cannot help but wonder; the audience is forced to form an opinion - this helps to intensify the tragedy as the audience is encouraged to form a point of view, helping to arouse sympathy for Blanche as the audience can see deeper into her character and become further involved in the show. This gives the audience pause and helps demonstrate that Blanche will ultimately become a tragic victim as it helps outline her flaws in a way that can be interpreted in many ways, showing that each of her flaws…paper……gesture. ” The captions illustrate that Blanche does not have a normal character: she seems nervous and not in her right mind. Seeing Blanche alone is an effective way to represent the character: we see her as an individual entity, what she is like without the influence of other characters or the confines of her social morals; this helps delineate how vulnerable he is to the contestant's "act" that he is putting on for the other characters. In conclusion, many of the dramatic techniques used by Williams are purposeful and help a lot to outline the fact that Blanche, due to many external factors devouring, aggravating and expanding her already exposed dramatic flaws, will bring her down and always would have ended: his tragic fall from grace to madness was inevitable; it was simply catalyzed by fate from day one.
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