Streetcar Named Desire Masculinity

A Streetcar Named Desire is play written by Tennessee Williams in 1947s. The play is mainly about Blanche Dubois. She traveled from New Orleans to a place called Elysian Field to see her sister Stella. Her sister Stella is married to Stanley Kowalski; they live in an apartment building. Blanche came to see her sister because she has nowhere else to go. Her husband passed away, and she also lost her parents, employment, and her old family home, Bella Reve. Stella is her only remaining family member that she could rely on. In this play; we can see how the role of both men and woman were back in the twentieth century. It defines masculinity and femininity by showing the behavior of the gender, and how one control the other. Each of the character carries their own unique role, attitude, and behavior. In the play, we can see that Stella is been keeping under the power of her husband, Stanley. We can clearly see throughout the play that Stanley is the king in his house. He’s always showing ownership over his …show more content…
We can see that Stella’s role in the family is a housewife because she doesn’t work. On the other hand, Stanley is working to provide food for the family. Stanley also has more power in the house than Stella. In the play we can see that Stella always return to Stanley even though he’s always has violence acts toward her. She’s really faithful to her man because she knows her live is depends upon him. Stella’s sister Blanche cannot live alone by herself after the loss of her young husband, her teaching position, and her old family home Bella Reve. She has to rely on Stella and -her brother in law- Stanley. Through the play, we can see that in the twentieth century; woman has less power than man. They always reply on men; for example, Blanche always tried married a man so she could feel