Paper as a Metaphor in A Streetcar Named Desire -- Tennessee Williams,

Mortgages, foreclosures, directions, letters, poems, telegrams, news wall typographys, appraisals, songs, even moons (Kolin 1). What do these all have to do with each other? piece and A Streetcar Named Desire. Philip C. Kolin points out this metaphor in his article Its only a paper moon The Paper Ontology in Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire. Kolin has found that Williams has apply paper as a metaphor to describe Blanches and Stanleys faults and desires. Kolin finds this to be a common thread in Williams work but mainly focuses on Streetcar. Williams himself finds paper to be an interesting creation In Williams own words, paper, when properly inscribed, can be sacred, yet when it is subjected to corrupt or untruthful imprints it is profane (2). Its true paper seems to play a very important role in this play. One of the first things Stanley does is throw a red-stained swatch of butcher paper (3), at Stella. After indication or viewing this play, a bloodstained paper and Stanley definitely seem to intertwine with each other. Kolin argues Stanley uses paper ...