In many ways, the past has an important effect on the present. In a Streetcar Named Desire, the story depicts the story of a woman coming to live with her sister and her husband. Within the story, the past lurks throughout the story, haunting the character’s present. Blanche is a mentally unstable woman who was forced to flee her home when all her relatives passed away. Stella reluctantly allows Blanche to live with them, and during the course of her stay, Blanche brings the past into their home. Although Stella tries to be the neutral ground between Stanley and Blanche’s bickering, her past always finds a way to interfere most with her present, causing friction between her husband and herself. Ultimately, this results in her having to chose
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When Blanche arrives, she instantly criticizes the look of the house and the life her husband has provided for her, and Stanley himself. When Blanche is talking about how Stanley is not good enough for her, Stella says, “You’ll get along fine together, if you’ll just try not to – well – compare him with the men we went out with at home” (1.24). At this point, it is clear to Stella that Blanche is going to be trouble in the home. It is apparent Blanche brings insecurity into the home when she doesn't comment on the men at home but Stella instantly thinks of them. It is not just BLanch making comments at this point: it is Stella’s fear manifesting in real life. Blanche’s interfering is also present in the text when she brings up the death of their family: “But you are the one that abandoned Belle Reve, not I! I stayed and fought for it, bled for it, almost died for it!” (1.45). Here Blanche blatantly tells Stella that she ran away from the past. When times were getting tough and family members started to die, Stella opted to run away instead of facing her problems. Blanche is the one who always brings the past of Belle Reve and doubt into the
When Blanche arrives, she instantly criticizes the look of the house and the life her husband has provided for her, and Stanley himself. When Blanche is talking about how Stanley is not good enough for her, Stella says, “You’ll get along fine together, if you’ll just try not to – well – compare him with the men we went out with at home” (1.24). At this point, it is clear to Stella that Blanche is going to be trouble in the home. It is apparent Blanche brings insecurity into the home when she doesn't comment on the men at home but Stella instantly thinks of them. It is not just BLanch making comments at this point: it is Stella’s fear manifesting in real life. Blanche’s interfering is also present in the text when she brings up the death of their family: “But you are the one that abandoned Belle Reve, not I! I stayed and fought for it, bled for it, almost died for it!” (1.45). Here Blanche blatantly tells Stella that she ran away from the past. When times were getting tough and family members started to die, Stella opted to run away instead of facing her problems. Blanche is the one who always brings the past of Belle Reve and doubt into the