Sibling Relationships in Literature
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A great deal of literature deals with the impact of birth order, environment, parenting, and other aspects related to sibling relationships. Both film versions of Tennessee WilliamsÆ dramas A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof feature intense sibling rivalries. In Streetcar, the rivalry is between Blanche DuBois and her younger sister Stella Kowalski. In Cat, the rivalry is between Gooper Pollitt and his younger brother Brick. The rivalry between Blanche and Stella is more one of attachment rivalry than is the paternal rivalry and material conflict between Brick and Gooper. In both rivalries a significant impact on the sibling relationships is made by a brother-(Streetcar) and sister-in-law (Cat). Both relationships demonstrate the complexities involved in sibling relationships and myriad factors that impact on them. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche DuBois, a debauched former southern belle, is staying in the apartment of her lower-class younger sister Stella and her husband, Stanley Kowalski. Doherty and Feeney (2003) report one study among adult female siblings that shows ôfemales not in romantic relationships reported stronger attachment to a siblingö (40). Blanche is reluctant to let go of her now married and pregnant sister. While Blanche looks down her nose upon StellaÆs lower-class surroundings and brutish working-class, uncouth husband, she envies her sisterÆs family contentment and security. She do
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Approximate Word count = 972
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page)
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