Welcome to Seneca Revision Notes

1.1.1Tennessee Williams

1.2.1Social Context

1.2.2Social Issues

1.2.3Setting

1.3.1Overview of the Tragic Genre

1.3.2Modern Domestic Tragedy

1.3.3End of Topic Test - Author, Context & Tragedy

2.1.1Scene One: Summary

2.1.2Scene One: Tragedy Ideas

2.2.1Scene Two: Summary & Tragedy Ideas

2.2.2End of Topic Test - Scenes One-Two

2.3.1Scene Three: Summary & Tragedy Ideas

2.4.1Scene Four: Summary & Tragedy Ideas

2.4.2End of Topic Test - Scenes Three & Four

2.5.1Scene Five: Summary & Tragedy Ideas

2.6.1Scene Six: Summary

2.7.1Scene Seven: Summary & Tragedy Ideas

2.8.1Scene Eight: Summary & Tragedy Ideas

2.8.2End of Topic Test - Scenes Five-Eight

2.9.1Scene Nine: Summary & Tragedy Ideas

2.10.1Scene Ten: Summary & Tragedy Ideas

2.11.1Scene Eleven: Summary & Tragedy Ideas

2.11.2End of Topic Test - Scenes Nine-Eleven

3.1.1Blanche DuBois - The Past & Illusions

3.1.2Blanche DuBois - Relationship with Men & Breakdown

3.1.3The Dynamic Between Blanche & Stanley

3.1.4End of Topic Test - Blanche & Stanley

3.2.1Stella Kowalski

3.2.2Harold Mitchell (Mitch)

3.3.1The Hubbels & Other Characters

3.3.2End of Topic Test - Stella, Mitch & Others

4.1.1Sex & Desire

4.1.2Masculinity & Femininity

4.1.3End of Topic Test - Sex, Desire & Gender

4.2.1Outer & Inner Appearances

4.2.2Fantasy & Reality

4.2.3End of Topic Test - Appearances, Fantasy...

5.1.1Structure & Stage Design

5.1.2Linking Devices

5.1.3Recurring Motifs

5.2.1Genre

5.2.2Form & Language

5.2.3End of Topic Test - Writing Techniques

6.1.1Interpreting Blanche & Self-Pity

6.1.2Contemporary & Modern Reviews

6.2.1Feminist Approach

6.2.2Psychoanalytic Approach

6.2.3Marxist Approach

6.2.4End of Topic Test - Critical Debates

7.1.1Tragic Ideas & Villain

7.1.2Tragic Structure & Language