A Street Car Named Desire - 2
In the play A Streetcar Named Desire written by Tennessee Williams, there are two sisters, Blanche DuBois and Stella Kowalski, who couldn't be more different from each other. Blanche is a melodramatic, mature, old-fashioned Southern belle; while Stella is understanding, content, and protective. A Streetcar Named Desire takes place in the 1950's in New Orleans, Louisiana. It starts with Blanche DuBois going to visit her sister Stella from the South, who is a mature English teacher from Belle Reve a plantation in the South. She wants to see her sister and her crude husband, Stanley Kowalski. From the onset, its apparent Blanche's stay is going to be a tumultuous ride. The play offers stark examples of how Blanche and Stella are very different.
Stella Kowalski is the perfect sister, she is there for anybody when needed. She knows how to listen to Blanche's problems and feelings, that in itself is amazing; she also is a naive, happily married, and a forgiving woman. Stella says "When he's (Stanley) is away for a week I nearly go crazy..." Blanche replies with "I guess that is what is meant by being in love. (Williams 25) During part of the book, Blanche drops a bomb to Stella and Stanley, about their childhood home. She tells Stella privately that they have lost Belle Reve, the plantation that they grew up on. Blanche said that they lost their childhood home because of "royal fornications" due to their father and uncle. Stella is understanding and doesn't get upset, but that could have been some of the worst news that Stella had ever heard before. But when Stella tells Stanley, there are different feelings in that room. All of a sudden, Stanley starts yelling about the Napoleonic code and how Blanche is "stealing" or "keeping" money from the Kowalski's. The Napoleonic code says that all of the wife's properties are the husband's properties and vice versa. Stella tries her best to comfort Stanley and Blanche at the same time. She helps out Blanche with her problems and
Stella Kowalski is the perfect sister, she is there for anybody when needed. She knows how to listen to Blanche's problems and feelings, that in itself is amazing; she also is a naive, happily married, and a forgiving woman. Stella says "When he's (Stanley) is away for a week I nearly go crazy..." Blanche replies with "I guess that is what is meant by being in love. (Williams 25) During part of the book, Blanche drops a bomb to Stella and Stanley, about their childhood home. She tells Stella privately that they have lost Belle Reve, the plantation that they grew up on. Blanche said that they lost their childhood home because of "royal fornications" due to their father and uncle. Stella is understanding and doesn't get upset, but that could have been some of the worst news that Stella had ever heard before. But when Stella tells Stanley, there are different feelings in that room. All of a sudden, Stanley starts yelling about the Napoleonic code and how Blanche is "stealing" or "keeping" money from the Kowalski's. The Napoleonic code says that all of the wife's properties are the husband's properties and vice versa. Stella tries her best to comfort Stanley and Blanche at the same time. She helps out Blanche with her problems and