Symbolism Of A Street Car Named Desire And The Yellow...

Symbolism of One’s True Nature in A Street Car Named Desire and â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper† What is humanity s true nature? Are people basically good, or basically evil? Over the centuries, many people have tried to find the answers to these questions, to no avail. Author Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Tennessee Williams take a definite stance on the issues throughout their work, arguing that people are basically evil hiding their truths. Many times, this theme is obviously stated in the stories, but sometimes it is woven in more subtly. When reading the scenes in, A Street Car Named Desire, and the short story, â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper,† the symbolism struck as the most prominent aspect of the stories. Discussed in the article, â€Å"Literary Movements for Students†, â€Å"Their use of imagery often exemplifies states of mind, the imagination, the human psyche, and dreams† (Milne). Williams and Gilman both use symbolism as a technique to show how the characters may be feeling and what they really represent. A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams symbolizes the main character Blanche DuBois as that to a moth. The story is of a fragile and neurotic woman on a desperate need for someplace in the world to call her own. Blanche DuBois, after being exiled from her hometown of Laurel, Mississippi, for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy at the school where she taught English, Blanche explains her unexpected appearance on Stanley and Stella s (Blanche s sister) doorstep as nervous exhaustion.Show MoreRelatedpreschool Essay46149 Words   |  185 PagesDesiree Soto, Consultants, Child Development Division. It was designed and prepared for printing by the staff of CDE Press, with the cover and interior design created by Cheryl McDonald. It was published by the Department of Education, 1430 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814-5901. It was distributed under the provisions of the Library Distribution Act and Government Code Section 11096.  ©2010 by the California Department of Education All rights reserved ISBN 978-8011-1708-4 Ordering Information