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Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire. Calling Stanley an animal, and a 'survivor of the stone age', Blanche claims there has been 'some progress', and she tells Stella, 'Don't- don't hang back with the brutes!' By comparing A Streetcar Named Desire with at least one other text, discuss ways in which the theme of 'progress' is explored in 20th Century American Literature. During this essay, I will examine what 'A Streetcar Named Desire', and 'The Great Gatsby' by Scott Fitzgerald portray about progress in America, and the sacrifices people may have made because of this. Literature often shows a darker side to society, and points out the faults. Literature could be described as a critique of society. By 1947, when Tennessee Williams wrote the play; A Streetcar Named Desire, America had become the most dominant country. Wealth was very important to the Americans, which was often gained through illegal, or immoral means as people...

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