Music plays an important role in A Streetcar named Desire because it appears in almost every scene and expresses the atmosphere in a very distinct way. It is permeated by the different type of music: the blue piano and the Varsouviana Polka. Each one appears in scenes which are occupied by a certain emotional state of Blanche. Therefore, music helps us to understand the mental condition of Blanche and the mood of this play, which cannot be depicted by lines and actions.
This article was the most interesting one for me throughout the textbook. It must sound strange because slavery issues were so tensed, but I enjoyed reading what was said in the article. The letter Jourdan Anderson wrote implies how his life was going well compared to the one while he was a slave. Although slavery brought many advantages for people especially in the South, I disagree with the slavery from the perspective of ethics. Whatever reasons, it did not seem right to enslave people against their will.