Stella Kowalski

encounters on leaving the streetcar and throughout the course of the play this fact becomes one of the many barriers between her and her adversary in the play, Stanley Kowalski, who represents all that Blanche despises or has tried to run away from. Though Blanche tries her best to adapt, she clearly…

Stanley Kowalski embodies the ideals of a working class man from the northern states of America, as his principles closely resemble those of the new wave of values present in the 1940s in the USA, following the defeat of the southern states in the American Civil War. Williams uses Stanley to portray the social conflict that arose in the southern states, between "northerners" and "southerners" as the other main character, Blanche DuBois, represents some of the values of the southern states. This…

despite what the extreme consequences could cause him. Very rarely does Stanley show his soft side: “Stella!...Baby doll’s left me… [He breaks into sobs. Then he goes to the phone and dials, still shuddering with sobs.]” (Williams, 65). This moment is one of the very few times Stanley is soft and based on the situation, it was night time so no one was bound to listen to Stanley’s screaming but Stella. For Stanley, his emotional side is presentable to only a female that is deeply loved. In the…

Literature is important because it helps people understand the history and culture of the society. It is beneficial in developing critical thinking and understand the meaning why authors wrote what their work either poetry or stories. It also allows the people to discuss different interpretation and create sympathy for the people and society of the time period. The two famous pieces from the Norton anthology of American literature are The Yellow Wallpaper and A Streetcar Named Desire, these both…

The character of Stanley Kowalski was first introduced as archetypal southern male of the 1940’s. Once his sister-in-law arrives at his doorstep, his flaws start coming out. His dominance is tested in what begins to bring out the flaws of the patriarch in society. What is not known is what the author’s motives for him are. Tennessee Williams’s play A Streetcar Named Desire leaves many readers with an ambivalence toward its main antagonist. There is no debate, though, that he is a just a normal…

only a paper moon, Sailing over a cardboard sea – But it wouldn’t be make-believe If you believed in me!” (Williams 99). This is a literary allusion to the song “It’s Only a Paper Moon” by Frank Sinatra. In that respective scene, Stanley relates to Stella the two major lies that Blanche is concealing; meanwhile Blanche sings this song juxtaposing the scene effectively. The song is based on the idea of “creating magic” and illusion. Blanche wants everyone to accept and support the illusion that…

Tennessee Williams’ dramatic presentation of violence in A Streetcar Named Desire is evident within relationships of the play. Prominent scenes from the play include intense portrayals of violence, such as Stella being domestically abused by her husband Stanley, Blanche recalling the suicide of her past closeted boyfriend Allen and when Stanley rapes Blanche at the end of scene ten. However, physical abuse is not the extent of this key motif as Williams’ presents verbal and emotional violence as…

part of the fiction she wove to explain her past, turned against her to force out of the Kowalskis' home, as she is persuaded to leave because "she's got it [her removal to the asylum] mixed in her mind with Shep Huntleigh." Lies have previously served as Blanche's method of self defence, but in the wake of Stanley's victory, they aid her downfall. It is not only Blanche's lies that feature, but Stella's - as Stella tells Stanley to "say something nice about her appearance" in scene two to ease…

modern book that soon became movies. is it better to defy expectations or to meet them? In the movie A Streetcar Named Desire the movie portrays a more accurate plot that help make it a accurate play. It's centered when Blanche goes to visit her sister Stella in a small town in Louisiana. The movie presents a more shallow and uninterested mood judging by the way the actors play the role of the character. As a viewer the producer didn't present the right group of actors to portray the characters…

A Streetcar Named Desire Rani Kobayashi Stella: Stella is the character that stands between the two personalities of Blanche and Stanley. She comes from the wealthy background of her sister, but chose to live the life of the working class with her husband Stanley. Stella does not have distinct traits that make her unique from others like Blanche and Stanley do. She prefers to do what makes other people happy, and rarely expresses her own opinion. This attitude reflects in her marriage which…