Tragic Plots & Sub-Plots
Literature in English: Cambridge International GCSE A Streetcar Named Desire, topic 7.1.4
Tragic Plots and Sub-Plots
Here's how Williams uses plots and sub-plots to enhance the tragedy:
Plots involving Mitch
- Mitch and his unwell mother.
- Mitch's relationship with Blanche.
Steve and Eunice
- The story of Eunice and Steve as a comparative pair to Stanley and Stella.
Blanche's men and past
- The use of the entry of the Young Man.
- Blanche’s reliance on Shep Huntleigh and the back-story of her relationship with him.
- The whole true story of Blanche’s time in Laurel.
Test yourself on Tragic Plots & Sub-Plots
Which pair works as a comparative pair to Stanley and Stella?
Which sub-plots concern Mitch in A Streercar Named Desire?
Which sub-plots of A Streetcar Named Desire concern Blanche's relationship with men?