A Streetcar Named Desire and Fences both focus on complicated main characters. How do Williams and Wilson want us to feel about Blanche DuBois and Troy Maxson? Are they sympathetic characters whose struggles are the result of an unjust society, or are they lost because they are clinging to an outdated way of life when the world has moved on without them? For this essay, choose a definitive reading of these two main characters (they can be similar to each other or opposites). Then defend that reading of them using the events and dialogue of these two plays. You will need to evenly balance A Streetcar Named Desire and Fences in this essay.
Focus Correction Areas:
1. Correct structure for a “compare and contrast” style essay;
2. Balanced presentation of the two plays
3. A clearly defined stance presented in a strong thesis
4. The use of strong and convincing evidence to support your claims