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The opening scene of any play is inevitably of central importance. It is in the opening scene, that the audience, would, more or less, be introduced to characters of the play and would be hinted or have an inkling of any undercurrents beneath the surface of the plot. In this play, "A Streetcar Named Desire", the playwright, Tenesse Williams, employs a number of means and ways in which the play could be introduced, rather dramatically, through the opening scene. Dramatically speaking, the opening scene focuses and places quite a bit of emphasis and importance on the actual setting of the play itself, which is in New Orleans. Through both the stage directions and the opening scene, it can be seen, to a large extent, that racial harmony is fairly important and of a sub-theme to the play. ... The actual environment (brought about by the stage directions) would have an effect and influence on this state of racial harmony, as various components and elements of the environment intermingle: "The sky that shows around the dim white building is peculiarly tender blue, almost turquoise, which invests the scene with a kind of lyricism and gracefully attenuates the atmosphere of decay." The reader, from the opening scene alone, can probably presume an inter-racial marriage as well, between the characters of Stanley and Stella, having an extremely comfortable relationship between the both of them and bringing about further proof of inter-racial harmony. ... Other than through visual contacts, the play seeks to establish an understanding of its environment to the audience aurally as well: "…from a tinny piano being played with the infatuated fluency of brown fingers. ... " The harmony in which the citizens are able to live together in would, as a result, leads to the importance and the direction of the focus of this scene, whether it is central or diverted. |
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