Austin Suess
10-30-14
5th AE 11
An Important Ending All the scenes in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams have a compelling meaning to the overall play; each scene plays a role to determine the themes, symbols, and the characteristics of the story. You can see that everything comes together in the final scenes with what Stanley did to Blanche and Blanche leaving to go to a mental institution. Through the progression of scenes of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, the final scene of the sensational story develops to be a very crucial scene due to the final insight of Blanche’s bathing, Blanche’s madness, and Stella’s illusion of reality. The first reason in which the final scene is significant …show more content…
Blanche has always been the character that was associated with illusions of reality; because of this insanity it pushed her further into her fantasies throughout the play. But now it is Stella who has been trapped in a fantasy, because she denies the excessive violence that comes with living with Stanley. Blanche told Stella of what Stanley did, but Stella does not want to believe that Stanley had raped her sister in the previous scene when Stanley said to Blache “Oh! So you want some rough-house! Alright, let’s have some rough-house!”(Pg 162) and he then took control of her; because of this, towards the end of the final scene the marriage becomes sort of an illusion due to Stanley’s unfaithfulness. Stella explains that she may have fallen into the fantasy world when she agrees with herself that she cannot believe Blanche’s story, and continues to live with Stanley as she states to Eunice, “I couldn't believe her story and go on living with Stanley.”, and Eunice replies with “Don't ever believe it. Life has got to go on. No matter what happens, you've got to keep going." (lines 1387-1388). So in the end Stella stays with Stanley and she keeps the denial of her sister’s
10-30-14
5th AE 11
An Important Ending All the scenes in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams have a compelling meaning to the overall play; each scene plays a role to determine the themes, symbols, and the characteristics of the story. You can see that everything comes together in the final scenes with what Stanley did to Blanche and Blanche leaving to go to a mental institution. Through the progression of scenes of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, the final scene of the sensational story develops to be a very crucial scene due to the final insight of Blanche’s bathing, Blanche’s madness, and Stella’s illusion of reality. The first reason in which the final scene is significant …show more content…
Blanche has always been the character that was associated with illusions of reality; because of this insanity it pushed her further into her fantasies throughout the play. But now it is Stella who has been trapped in a fantasy, because she denies the excessive violence that comes with living with Stanley. Blanche told Stella of what Stanley did, but Stella does not want to believe that Stanley had raped her sister in the previous scene when Stanley said to Blache “Oh! So you want some rough-house! Alright, let’s have some rough-house!”(Pg 162) and he then took control of her; because of this, towards the end of the final scene the marriage becomes sort of an illusion due to Stanley’s unfaithfulness. Stella explains that she may have fallen into the fantasy world when she agrees with herself that she cannot believe Blanche’s story, and continues to live with Stanley as she states to Eunice, “I couldn't believe her story and go on living with Stanley.”, and Eunice replies with “Don't ever believe it. Life has got to go on. No matter what happens, you've got to keep going." (lines 1387-1388). So in the end Stella stays with Stanley and she keeps the denial of her sister’s