Streetcar Named Desire Monologue
Stella sits in a chair on the porch, in that very same evening after Blanche's departure. Sitting with a stoop, she presses her legs together while continuing to sob. There is a profound silence in the dusk orange sky.
The Autumn leaves dance in the chilly air just as Steve, Pablo, Mitch, and Stanley continue their game of poker indoors. Eunice enters and attempts to comfort Stella in her state of sorrow and guilt, placing her arms over Stella’s shoulders.
STELLA [sobbing uncontrollably]:
Oh heavens! What have I done to my sister?
EUNICE:
Now, now Stella. You did everything you could do.
STANLEY [from the inside]:
What's the matter out there?
STELLA [shaking her head]:
What have I done! I decided to leave Belle Reve to start my own life. …show more content…
[Both Stanley’s and Stella’s tempers starts to rise. Stanley stands up, facing his body toward Stella while she remains to sit on the bed.]
STANLEY [bellowing]:
But I understood you, Stell! [Stanley attempts sway Stella from her ideas of Blanche.] Baby, can’t we go back to the way it was before? You remember that? I pulled you down from her world, and you loved it! Oh, baby doll, we were so happy together. All the fun we had! All alone with nobody to hear us! I pulled you down from the columns, Everything was all okay only till she showed up here!
[Stella continues to stare at her hands, making little to no movement at all.]
STELLA [apprehensively]:
You didn’t have to be so cruel to her.
STANLEY [furiously]:
Good Lord! You’re damn tootin’ I had to be! She came in here, all hoity toity, disrespecting me and the way I live, taking over this goddamn apartment!
[Stanley grabs the clock from the bedside table by Stella, and throws it towards the ground.]
STANLEY:
She had no right to lie to me! To Mitch! Look at the poor ol’ boy!
STELLA [standing up to face Stanley]:
She had lost everything, Stan! She just needed somewhere to live!
STANLEY [bawling]:
You sit back down!
[The baby starts wailing and
The Autumn leaves dance in the chilly air just as Steve, Pablo, Mitch, and Stanley continue their game of poker indoors. Eunice enters and attempts to comfort Stella in her state of sorrow and guilt, placing her arms over Stella’s shoulders.
STELLA [sobbing uncontrollably]:
Oh heavens! What have I done to my sister?
EUNICE:
Now, now Stella. You did everything you could do.
STANLEY [from the inside]:
What's the matter out there?
STELLA [shaking her head]:
What have I done! I decided to leave Belle Reve to start my own life. …show more content…
[Both Stanley’s and Stella’s tempers starts to rise. Stanley stands up, facing his body toward Stella while she remains to sit on the bed.]
STANLEY [bellowing]:
But I understood you, Stell! [Stanley attempts sway Stella from her ideas of Blanche.] Baby, can’t we go back to the way it was before? You remember that? I pulled you down from her world, and you loved it! Oh, baby doll, we were so happy together. All the fun we had! All alone with nobody to hear us! I pulled you down from the columns, Everything was all okay only till she showed up here!
[Stella continues to stare at her hands, making little to no movement at all.]
STELLA [apprehensively]:
You didn’t have to be so cruel to her.
STANLEY [furiously]:
Good Lord! You’re damn tootin’ I had to be! She came in here, all hoity toity, disrespecting me and the way I live, taking over this goddamn apartment!
[Stanley grabs the clock from the bedside table by Stella, and throws it towards the ground.]
STANLEY:
She had no right to lie to me! To Mitch! Look at the poor ol’ boy!
STELLA [standing up to face Stanley]:
She had lost everything, Stan! She just needed somewhere to live!
STANLEY [bawling]:
You sit back down!
[The baby starts wailing and