A Streetcar Named Desire

Prompt:
Select one major character from A Streetcar Named Desire and explore how he or she performs gender.

How does he/she reinforce gender stereotypes? How might he/she disrupt traditional gender performance?

What significance emerges when analyzing this character and play from a gender perspective? In other words, what theme or message does this give the play?

Organization Suggestions:
Paragraph 1:

-What is gender performance?

-Why is it important?

-What character will you study? Describe him/her.

-So what? What do we learn about gender in the play? Theme?

Paragraph 2:

-Explain one way  he/she performs gender.

-This paragraph will need one quotation.

-Make sure to explain the importance of this performance–why does it matter to the play?

Paragraph 3:

-Explain another  way  he/she performs gender.

-This paragraph will need one quotation.

-Make sure to explain the importance of this performance–why does it matter to the play?

Paragraph 4:

-Conclude Why does studying the play from the gender perspective matter?

-How does this connect to your life?

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