A Streetcar Named Desire Conflict Analysis

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Family has their ups and downs, their arguments and their times of reconciliation. It shows you how much one person can change your whole routine, your whole life. The relationships are solid in the beginning have problems towards the end of the play. There are exciting moments and there are moments when you get frustrated. In “A Streetcar Named Desire” Tennessee Williams demonstrates real life conflicts and relationships through two sisters, a new marriage, and different friendships.
Stella and Blanche are sisters from Bella Reve in Mississippi. Stella moved away to New Orleans and got married to Stanley, Blanche came up to visit her sister because she lost everything they had at Belle Reve, her job, her house, and she was kicked out of the town. Blanche did not tell Stella and Stanley about these things she just told them Belle Reve was lost. Stanley knew something was missing in her story though, so he called some of his acquaintances to get the whole story. While he is waiting for them to find out the truth for her. Blanche is telling Stella the pain she has gone through at Belle Reve. She says,” Well, Stella- you’re going to
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Williams teaches us trust is a hard thing to acquire and a lot of people are good at hiding it. He does a good job at basing the characters on people we will all have to encounter with or someone we already know. The struggles you will face with leaving your family and starting you own will be hard but will pay off, we see this when Stella leaves Belle Reve and starts a family with Stanley and is enters the new role of being a mother. Overall “A Streetcar Named Desire” is an incredible play to relate to and will teach you to take a second look on who you can

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