A Streetcar Named Desire
Rani Kobayashi
Stella:
Stella is the character that stands between the two personalities of Blanche and Stanley. She comes from the wealthy background of her sister, but chose to live the life of the working class with her husband Stanley. Stella does not have distinct traits that make her unique from others like Blanche and Stanley do. She prefers to do what makes other people happy, and rarely expresses her own opinion. This attitude reflects in her marriage which is shown in scene four when she says, “Stanley doesn’t give me a regular allowance, he like to pay bills himself.” (68) She does not like to get in the way of other people, and she lets others make important decisions for her. She lets her husband Stanley push her around, and always forgives him. She loves her simple life, and she relies on Stanley to keep that life stable. She would do or say anything to keep her life from falling apart, …show more content…
He believes that he is on top of the world, and he looks down on everybody. He expects other people to listen to him, and cater to his needs. Not the other way around. In scene two of the play Stanley tells his wife Stella, “Since when do you give me orders?” (37) Even in his marriage, everything is about him. He has no awareness of other peoples needs and emotions. No one tells Stanley what to do, and he knows it. When Stanley finds out that Blanche lost Belle Reeve, his first instinct is to blame her of cheating him out of money. This shows two of his major traits. That he is unaware of other people’s feelings, and the possibility they have for goodness, and that even in his marriage his needs are a priority. In scene two he tells Blanche. “There is such a thing in this state of Louisiana as the Napoleonic code, according to which whatever belongs to my wife is also mine.” (40) He does not care about his and Stella’s gain as husband and wife. He only cares about his individual
Rani Kobayashi
Stella:
Stella is the character that stands between the two personalities of Blanche and Stanley. She comes from the wealthy background of her sister, but chose to live the life of the working class with her husband Stanley. Stella does not have distinct traits that make her unique from others like Blanche and Stanley do. She prefers to do what makes other people happy, and rarely expresses her own opinion. This attitude reflects in her marriage which is shown in scene four when she says, “Stanley doesn’t give me a regular allowance, he like to pay bills himself.” (68) She does not like to get in the way of other people, and she lets others make important decisions for her. She lets her husband Stanley push her around, and always forgives him. She loves her simple life, and she relies on Stanley to keep that life stable. She would do or say anything to keep her life from falling apart, …show more content…
He believes that he is on top of the world, and he looks down on everybody. He expects other people to listen to him, and cater to his needs. Not the other way around. In scene two of the play Stanley tells his wife Stella, “Since when do you give me orders?” (37) Even in his marriage, everything is about him. He has no awareness of other peoples needs and emotions. No one tells Stanley what to do, and he knows it. When Stanley finds out that Blanche lost Belle Reeve, his first instinct is to blame her of cheating him out of money. This shows two of his major traits. That he is unaware of other people’s feelings, and the possibility they have for goodness, and that even in his marriage his needs are a priority. In scene two he tells Blanche. “There is such a thing in this state of Louisiana as the Napoleonic code, according to which whatever belongs to my wife is also mine.” (40) He does not care about his and Stella’s gain as husband and wife. He only cares about his individual