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