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Examine how William creates audience and reader responses using dramatic effect. Discuss 3A writer Tennessee Williams wrote a play called A Streetcar Named Desire after World War II in 1947. The play has attracted many viewers and readers in contemporary literature. Williams focuses more on speech, actions, along with symbolisms and customs that allow him to evoke sympathy, hatred, and curiosity in the responses of the audience and readers. The speech used by Williams in A Streetcar Named Desire provoked growing tensions and expectations in the responses of audiences and readers. Blanche Dubois was one of the play's main protagonists, known for her Southern accent and sophisticated English and French. Williams intentionally used accents to create awkward situations in the scene. Her Southern accents were clearly shown in the film rather than in the play, as the actress playing Blanche mostly has strong Southern accents. As in the play, Williams did not specifically spell the word so as to show his Southern accents, but readers can assume that he has a Southern accent as he once lived on the Southern plantation called Belle Reve. For example, when he said: "... I appreciate your gallantry!" (56) implies that she is of the upper class and does not belong to the Elysian Fields; thus, it increased the curiosity of readers and the public about his sudden appearance in the Elysian Fields. The advanced vocabulary words used by Blanche such as "Gallantry" meaning courage or courage show that Blanche is an educated woman and not to mention her previous career as an English teacher and her highly social status contributes to the dramatic effects for the audience and readers... half of the newspaper... ams thrilled and waited the readers and the public with their responses. The characters' accents definitely helped create responses from readers and audiences, such as Blanche's Southern accents, which make readers and audiences curious as to why Blanche was at the Champs Elysees in the first place. Furthermore, Williams used many symbols and different types of costumes to arouse sympathy among readers and audiences, as well as make them distrustful of the characters' intentions. Finally, the actions used by William caused readers and audiences to have different impressions of each character in the play and film; not to mention the character development shown through their actions. Although some reactions have not been positive, Williams certainly succeeds in creating responses from audiences and readers in his work.