“Male dominance is when a man is the dominant one in a situation or a relationship. A dominant male shows power and authority and is often the leader in a situation.” [1] In this drama, the theme of male dominance is one of the main themes present in the play “A streetcar named Desire” and it is mostly represented using the character of Stanley towards Blanche and her sister.
The stage directions play a major role in the play, whereby we learn a lot more about the male dominance of Stanley in this play, for example scene 1, “the stage direction describe Stanley as a virulent character. And we can see that his main pleasure is women.”[2] When Stanley enters the house with the bag of meat, it underlines his first qualities. Through the way Stanley …show more content…
After Stanley’s drunken radio-hurling episode, Stella yells at him and calls him an “animal thing,” inciting Stanley’s attack. Later that night, Stanley bellows “STELL-LAHHHHH!” into the night like a wounded beast calling for the return of his mate.”[4]This would show that Stanley wouldn’t let Stella without giving her a revenge which again links us to the male dominance of Stanley towards Stella.
While Stanley is beating up Stella, the author is trying to tell us that Blanche will have a greater interest for her sister than Stanley, yet Stella stills gets attracted to Stanley. This causes confusion to the reader, but can also be caused by the husband being over dominant onto Stella by forcing him to like her.
“Although Stella technically condemns Stanley’s propensity for violence, it is clear to Blanche and to the audience that Stanley’s violent behaviour heightens Stella’s desire for him.”[5] This shows that even though the male dominance of Stanley brings an angry atmosphere, at some point, even Stella enjoys it. “Stanley and Stella have some sort of violent attraction” [6] which is caused by the dominance of Stanley, and this may show that male dominance was an appreciated thing by
The stage directions play a major role in the play, whereby we learn a lot more about the male dominance of Stanley in this play, for example scene 1, “the stage direction describe Stanley as a virulent character. And we can see that his main pleasure is women.”[2] When Stanley enters the house with the bag of meat, it underlines his first qualities. Through the way Stanley …show more content…
After Stanley’s drunken radio-hurling episode, Stella yells at him and calls him an “animal thing,” inciting Stanley’s attack. Later that night, Stanley bellows “STELL-LAHHHHH!” into the night like a wounded beast calling for the return of his mate.”[4]This would show that Stanley wouldn’t let Stella without giving her a revenge which again links us to the male dominance of Stanley towards Stella.
While Stanley is beating up Stella, the author is trying to tell us that Blanche will have a greater interest for her sister than Stanley, yet Stella stills gets attracted to Stanley. This causes confusion to the reader, but can also be caused by the husband being over dominant onto Stella by forcing him to like her.
“Although Stella technically condemns Stanley’s propensity for violence, it is clear to Blanche and to the audience that Stanley’s violent behaviour heightens Stella’s desire for him.”[5] This shows that even though the male dominance of Stanley brings an angry atmosphere, at some point, even Stella enjoys it. “Stanley and Stella have some sort of violent attraction” [6] which is caused by the dominance of Stanley, and this may show that male dominance was an appreciated thing by