"Well, I never cared for wishy-washy people. That was why, when you walked in here last night, I said to myself — 'My sister has a married man!"— Of course that was all that I could tell about you."
For our final unit we will be reading and discussing A Streetcar Named Desire, a drama by American playwright Tennessee Williams. Our class discussion will primarily deal with the alterations made to the original script for the film adaptation, as well the way audience reaction to the play has changed over the years.
Essential Questions:
Major Assessments:
Students will take a side and defend one character's actions in the play.
Essential Questions:
- How does the historical context of the reader change their understanding of a play?
- How do writers construct their language in order to introduce controversy to their work without alienating audiences?
- How do rigid societal expectations for men and women ultimately harm people of both genders, as well as relationships?
Major Assessments:
Students will take a side and defend one character's actions in the play.