Madness! by Isabel Swift https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9 How is the theme of Madness Explored in Streetcar. en-us 2018-05-15 09:22:55 UTC 2020-04-21 13:54:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f635.png Blanche's repressed guilt causes mental instability issyswift https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519647951 2020-04-21 09:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519647951 Blanche believes Stanley is mad (quotations end of Scene 3 & Scene 4) issyswift https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519650893 2020-04-21 09:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519650893 Allan Grey could be seen as 'mad' issyswift https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519652628 2020-04-21 09:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519652628 Biographical context: Madness touched Tennesse William's life issyswift https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519654229 2020-04-21 09:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519654229 Contextually, how was madness viewed and treated differently in the 1940s compared to today? issyswift https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519655660 2020-04-21 09:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519655660 Some critics see Stanley as exhibiting signs of mental illness: issyswift https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519656972 2020-04-21 09:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519656972 Stella could be see as suffering from a particular mental condition: issyswift https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519658258 2020-04-21 09:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519658258 We might argue that fantasy, "magic', madness is seen as positive and necessary for survival in Streetcar issyswift https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519659798 2020-04-21 09:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519659798 Arguably we might say patriarchy CAUSES Blanche's mental deterioration issyswift https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519664516 2020-04-21 09:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519664516 'Madness' is a concept defined and policed by patriarchal society in this play issyswift https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519665734 2020-04-21 09:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519665734 At the end of the play, Williams inverts 'Madness' & 'Sanity', showing it is the world as opposed to Blanche that is truly insane issyswift https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519669912 2020-04-21 09:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/issyswift/cyxx0eevxlx9/wish/519669912