Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

A Streetcar Named Desire. Ab 11. Schuljahr by Tennessee Williams

9 reviews

anna_banana99's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Rape and Homophobia

gabriella_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

i cried reading this. considering the time it was written, it’s so rare to find a male writer center female characters, from their own POV, and treat them with so much love and sympathy. he doesn’t forgive or excuse any of his characters, but he really breathes life into them in a refreshing way

there are moments where Tennessee’s fruitiness show in his stage directions and that really adds to the experience!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Infidelity, Cursing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Classism, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Death, Medical trauma, Outing, and Pedophilia

samreadssometimes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

it didn't really have much plot and i'm not entirely sure of the purpose or message of the story, but i liked it and think that emotions were displayed very accurately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

readingsponsoredbybts's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

the best book i had to study for english, everything went downhill after this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Sexism, Rape, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Slavery

purplelake's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Terminal illness

Minor: Body shaming, Abandonment, and Death of parent

irishere's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Will need to reread to fully grasp my opinions, but very many troubling, however important, themes throughout and is representative of the time it was written. Great execution from Williams!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Cursing, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Slavery

As tags say, read at your own risk of these! These things would usually mean I don't pick up the book in the first place, but it was a required reading. Still really good in grasping the attitudes towards different minorities and treatment of such groups in the 1940s America.

jasperr's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexism, Alcohol, Cursing, and Racial slurs

mwreadings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This play is a thoroughly enjoyable read. It’s dark and twisted but it’s so well written. I enjoyed Williams style and i’m glad to be studying it for A-Level and it’s definitely my favourite out of the texts that I do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Hate crime, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Body shaming, and Alcohol

arianappstrg's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

4,75: A lot of moral dilemmas with this one. Is it people that make society or society people?

Raunchy and carnal, Streetcar skitters from eroticism to brutality so quick it makes you wince. I have read that Williams' intention in writing problematic characters is not to throw blame at them or make the readers point fingers but to shed light on what happens when different worlds, cultures, classes, economies and upbringings collide. From this collision, springs violence and silence and the simple fact that all characters, on the page as well as in real life, are problematic. With Streetcar, I found it very hard not to throw blame and judge based on the individual. An individual is indeed, to some extent, a product of their society. Their choices are bound to be influenced by said society's teachings and yet it was still incredibly difficult to refrain from putting everyone into categories; innocent and guilty, mad and reasonable, civilized and uncivilized. Among working-class brutish men, Stanley is quite civilized and even loveable. Among old money tycoons and estate owners, Blanche is quite sane, reasonable and lovely. When they enter each other's orbit, the only possible outcome is violence and insanity. It was upsetting to witness such a resolution and kept thinking that if Stanley was visiting Blanche in her world, he would have probably been met with a similar fate. If not a mental institution, it would have been prison. Because, ultimately, we do not understand each other. To bridge that gap between such opposing worlds would perhaps take much more strength of character and determination than people possess.

It feels like it is all about necessity. In fact, I caught myself using necessity and desire interchangeably. Stanley needs to reaffirm his control every chance he gets. His macho sexual energy is the one thing he has a grip on, the one thing that assures him he is an honest and hard-working husband therefore superior to the privileged. When threatened, he bursts into random acts of violence and cruelty. Stella needs gratification, she needs to know that it is acceptable for her to desire and to want to be desired, to want such things as pleasure and roughness, considered base and primitive by the class she was born into. Blanche seeks stability, mental and financial, in others because she cannot attain it on her own. She tells stories and puts up pretences to stay afloat and safely tucked away from reality. She wants to be saved. In spite of all her questionable choices and inconsistencies, it is infuriating how she had to be sacrificed on the altar of other people's needs. It reads like she had to go down so that Stanley could continue to reassert his macho nonsense and so that Stella could feel better living with a man responsible for her sister's mental breakdown. And yet it makes total sense that it should happen that way if you see it from Williams' perspective. Stanley and Stella are only protecting their interests, interests that are formed in accordance to their environment, interests that their environment dictates they should protect. What is a woman with a newborn supposed to do in wretched New Orleans in the 40s-50s? And what is Stanley supposed to feel about his actions when he just did what he thought was in his nature to do? He is not expecting to be punished for anything. So bleak to think about.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape

The rape happens off stage and is not even mentioned in the stage directions. It is implied by the mention of the change in music if I remember correctly. And obviously, Stanley's remark cannot be misinterpreted. It's all too clear what is about to happen and in fact, it's all been building up to this moment. Sadly.