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A Streetcar Named Desire Monologue Analysis
[Stella is on her own in a room in Eunice’s flat. There is a neatly made bed with white sheets in the middle of the room, in which Stella is sitting down, sipping from a glass of water. The door to the room was previously closed and locked by Stella, claiming she was going to change clothes and needed privacy. There is an open window on the right side of the bed, facing a building which lights are all off. Stanley’s and Eunice’s voices can be recognized above the background screams heard]
Stella: [yelling] I told him to get away from me. I told him not to lay his hands on me. That- that animal! That drunk animal! Tossing a radio out of the window! Violent, that’s what he is. A violent animal. These poker nights turn men into drunkards, into
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Stella, sweetheart! Stella!´. She stops walking and stays standing up where she is, far enough from the window for her figure to not be able to be seen by Stanley. Stella speaks calmly now]. His…baby doll? His… sweetheart? Am I, still? He hit me… why is he being so nice now? Is it- Is it my fault, maybe? Maybe I shouldn’t have let Blanche turn on the radio, maybe we shouldn’t have even been there. Maybe they’re right, and women shouldn’t be around when men play poker… No. No, I won’t let it be my fault. It is not my fault. Not mine nor Blanche’s, and definitely not this baby’s, so why should we suffer the consequences for his violent way of being? [Eunice’s and Stanley’s voices are heard arguing. Stanley’s voice is heard saying ‘Eunice, I want my girl to come down with me!’ The door to Eunice’s apartment is heard being slammed shut. Stanley’s voice yells ‘STELLL-AHHHHH!’ Stella walks towards the bed and sits down.] He sounds disturbed…he seems to regret what he did, doesn’t he? Maybe I exaggerated, right? I know how he is. I know how he acts. I knew he had trouble controlling himself when I married him, and I sure know it now. It was just…just an episode. He didn’t want to do it, I can hear that in his voice-

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