Stella Adler

characters. I do believe that Stella and Blanche are multidimensional characters. In my opinion Stella and Blanche each have their flaws and strengths, beyond the stereotype society would give them as the abused girlfriend and the promiscuous drunk. I believe the way they interact with others and each other demonstrate that. Stella grew up in Belle Reve with Blanche, but seemed to ween off her luxurious living once she grows up and marries Stanley. This proves that Stella is a strong…

shattered when Stanley, her realist brother-in-law sees through her lies. Ms. DuBois’ unwillingness to accept the truth and vanity throws her into a downward spiral and draws her even further away from reality. Ms. DuBois was visiting her sister Stella, and her brother-in-law…

Desire, written by Tennessee Williams in 1947, Stella Kowalski has to make a critical decision. During the entire show Blanche DuBois is staying with her sister, Stella. While she is there Blanche becomes more and more deranged, and as the show continues Blanche lies about her life and how she came to stay with her sister. Due to Blanche Dubois’ daft mannerisms, she should be sent to a mental institution. Blanche begins the show lying. She tells Stella how she was on leave from her teaching…

description of him and other characters descriptions of him. Stanley is mainly characterized as a very hot-headed and animalistic person. There are many times in which this is shown through his actions. This is clearly seen when he gets angry at Stella and hits her. Not only does he hit his wife, but his pregnant wife. This is not a decision he would have made rationally though Stanley doesn’t have much of a rational side. Even when his friends try to calm him down he…

tries to show off her ethnic origin by telling Mitch that, “[Dubois] is French. It means woods… .” (Williams 59) Blanche also starts to criticize her sister for settling for less with Stanley and calls him “Polack” to make lesser of him even though Stella is completely content with her…

home is lost. After, there is a rapid shift in her acceptance of reality. When Stanley hits her, Stella is traumatized; “I want to go away, I want to go away!” (Scene III, ll. 7). Emotionally distressed she and Blanche run to the upstairs room while Stanley cools down. Disappointingly, only after Stanley calls her name, Stella returns embracing Stanley lovingly. This is the primary instance where Stella has chosen to refuse the truth that her husband is a brute and allows her reality to be…

Stanley is very macho, very honest, and very brutal. Tom, who is Tennessee’s alter ego, is also a very strong character. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Stanley is a quintessential male. He is very possessive of Stella and his entire house. The idea for this character came to Williams from an old friend who use to work at the factory with him. This is a good example of how Williams incorporated people that he knew into his plays. Perhaps the reason he did this is…

In A Streetcar Named Desire, Stanley is extremely violent and vulgar to not only, his wife, Stella, but her sister Blanche. He will yell and physically abuse Stella when she talks back to him. When Blanche and Stanley have verbal tension Stanley rapes Blanche. Stanley feels the need to have dominance over the women in his life because he feels he is superior to them and that they…

actors, Stanley and Stella Kowalski live. The house is really run down and looks as if it is falling apart, however I quite enjoyed the scene. I especially liked how the furniture, fridge, ext. fit the time era bringing you right back to the 1940’s. There are several important characters but I would say the most important are Stanley Kowalski, Stella Kowalski, and Blanche Dubois. The story goes that Blanche has come to help Stella through…

the play is in and around a corner building in New Orleans, Louisiana named Elysian Fields. The main characters are Blanche Dubois, a talkative and seemingly prim and proper lady; Stella Kowalski, the laid back and more casual younger sister of Blanche’s; and Stanley Kowalski, the masculine, hard drinking husband to Stella. The major conflict of the play is the conflict that grows between Blanche and Stanley throughout the play. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams gives examples…