antagonist. This play is about a woman named Blanche DuBois‚ who moves with her sister‚ Stella Kowalski‚ and her husband‚ Stanley Kowalski‚ in New Orleans. Blanche’s flirtatious behavior causes a lot of problems in Stella and Stanley life. Stanley and Blanche display qualities of antagonists
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women had to keep their virginity to have a chance to get married. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is placed in the picturesque French Quarter in New Orleans. The play starts when Blanche DuBois comes in New Orleans to visit her sister Stella after she lost the family plantation Belle-Reve because of money problems. She then meets her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski‚ a World War II veteran. As soon as they meet each other‚ a mistrustful rivalry starts between them. A Streetcar Named Desire
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instance of this occurs in the second scene. Blanche is bathing‚ whilst Stanley questions Stella about the loss of Belle Reve‚ referring to the so-called "Napoleonic code". As an audience‚ we sense the tension being created when he says "And I don’t like to be swindled." We see Stanley’s aggressive nature and his increasing anger towards Blanche through his actions and words‚ "Open your eyes to this stuff!" When Stella cries‚ "Don’t be such an idiot‚ Stanley"‚ he becomes even more enraged‚ "[he hurls the
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desire as a way of operating in the world. Blanche’s interaction with any of the men in the play is always flirtatious‚ especially at the beginning when she meets them. Blanche’s language and actions in the play is always provocative. Blanche tells Stella that she and Stanley smoothed things
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America ‚the difference of social status affecting how Blanche treats Stanley. Dear diary‚ Upon arriving at Elysian fields‚ the first thought that came to my mind: I must have taken the wrong streetcar! Oh how can this be where my dear sister‚ Stella‚ lives? After being brought up by the wealth of our great family‚ I had great expectations in my head! After the loss of belle reve - the struggling‚ all those deaths - I had to endure - it has made me as weak as the crumbling walls of an
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The last scene in A Streetcar Named Desire where Blanche is getting ready for her departure is such a heartbreaking scene. Blanche continues her routine for a bath and depending on her sister to help her brings the previous events back to normal showing that everyone is acting through habit‚ though it is more of a false reality because it is easier to continue doing the same thing than to confront the issue. After Stella’s child has been born‚ Blanche is waiting for her dream man to pick her up and
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her sister’s home‚ she asks Stella‚ her sister‚ what her husband is like. When Blanche meets Stanley‚ her sister’s husband which is also her brother-in-law she starts flirting with him. When Blanche steps out of her bath she begins
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smashing light bulbs to emphasize the romance. “Stanley’s always smashed things. Why‚ on our wedding night – soon as we came in here – he snatched off one of my slippers and rushed about the place smashing the light bulbs with it.” (scene 4 page 64) Stella later states she was somewhat thrilled by Stanley’s action because she loved the resulting amorous darkness. However‚ light also plays an important role in defining the couple’s relationship. “I pulled you down off them columns and how you loved
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insensitive and cruel character named Stanley Kowalski is depicted. His juxtaposition to Stella Kowalski‚ his mild mannered and sensitive wife‚ accentuates his character flaws making them even more prominent and dramatic throughout the play. Through Stanley’s conflicts with Blanche DuBois and his rapist-like sexual advances‚ Stanley becomes the perfect villainous character‚ enabling the reader to sympathize with Stella and Blanche. With the violent scenes and the highly sexual content‚ Stanley is the center
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Summary Stella and Blanche are in the bedroom on an August afternoon. Blanche breaks out in laughter at the untruthfulness of the letter she has just finished writing to Shep Huntleigh‚ prompting Stella to ask her about the letter’s contents. Blanche gleefully reads the letter aloud. In it‚ she suggests that she visit Shep in Dallas‚ and she claims that she and Stella have been amusing themselves with society parties and visits to luxurious country homes. Stella finds no humor in her sister’s stories
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