Stanley Kowalski Quotes
Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire
Throughout life, it is better for a person to tell the truth from the start, so that every individual be accepted the way he or she is. The play A Streetcar Named Desire, written by author Tennessee Williams, one of the main characters is Stanley Kowalski. Stanley Kowalski lives with his amazing Wife Stella Kowalski in an amazing place in New Orleans called the French Quarter. Their marriage is bright, and pleasant. This is until Stella’s sister, Blanche, comes to live with her. This turns Stanley against his wife because he doesn't agree with the things that Blanche is doing. Yet his wife thinks that he should put up with it just because Blanche is Stella’s sister. Stanley is determined to …show more content…
In the stage directions it says that “ Stanley seizes her arm “ (Williams 131 ). This quote from the play tells how Stanley approaches Stella about him being the king of the house and how the things that he said, were the ones to be done. Stanley will do whatever it is that it takes to have what he wants, whether it is the right thing to do or not. One example that shows this about Stanley is in scene ten, it says “ She moans. The bottle-top falls. She sinks to her knees. He picks up her inert figure and carries her to the bed. The hot trumpet and drums from the Four Deuces sound loudly “ (Williams 162). This explicitly tells how Stanley forced Blanche to have sex with him, basically raping her. This also tells the readers that Stanley does not really have that much respect for his wife as he says he does. If he was to actually and truly have any kind of respect for his wife, he would of never done anything like that to Blanche.
The traits dominant, violent, and sexual, all describe Stanley Kowalski. Throughout the time both Stanley and Stella noticed that the person causing problems around was Blanche. Therefore, they decided to send her to a psychiatric hospital. Maybe if Blanche would of told everyone the truth from the start, nobody would have had a problem with the person she was, and this was what Stanley did not like. Maybe Stanley was not all that bad after all, instead he was often
Throughout life, it is better for a person to tell the truth from the start, so that every individual be accepted the way he or she is. The play A Streetcar Named Desire, written by author Tennessee Williams, one of the main characters is Stanley Kowalski. Stanley Kowalski lives with his amazing Wife Stella Kowalski in an amazing place in New Orleans called the French Quarter. Their marriage is bright, and pleasant. This is until Stella’s sister, Blanche, comes to live with her. This turns Stanley against his wife because he doesn't agree with the things that Blanche is doing. Yet his wife thinks that he should put up with it just because Blanche is Stella’s sister. Stanley is determined to …show more content…
In the stage directions it says that “ Stanley seizes her arm “ (Williams 131 ). This quote from the play tells how Stanley approaches Stella about him being the king of the house and how the things that he said, were the ones to be done. Stanley will do whatever it is that it takes to have what he wants, whether it is the right thing to do or not. One example that shows this about Stanley is in scene ten, it says “ She moans. The bottle-top falls. She sinks to her knees. He picks up her inert figure and carries her to the bed. The hot trumpet and drums from the Four Deuces sound loudly “ (Williams 162). This explicitly tells how Stanley forced Blanche to have sex with him, basically raping her. This also tells the readers that Stanley does not really have that much respect for his wife as he says he does. If he was to actually and truly have any kind of respect for his wife, he would of never done anything like that to Blanche.
The traits dominant, violent, and sexual, all describe Stanley Kowalski. Throughout the time both Stanley and Stella noticed that the person causing problems around was Blanche. Therefore, they decided to send her to a psychiatric hospital. Maybe if Blanche would of told everyone the truth from the start, nobody would have had a problem with the person she was, and this was what Stanley did not like. Maybe Stanley was not all that bad after all, instead he was often