Streetcar Named Desire

Good literature makes us think about the world. Tennessee Williams demonstrates this through “a street car named desire” by having themes that are contemporary, and allowing readers to see the different perspectives of these themes. The themes throughout this play include desire leading to death, alcoholism and gender roles which are all strongly present in the world today and Williams encourages discussion about these topics through the text
To be called good literature books and texts need to deal with issues that are relevant to the audiences. ‘A streetcar named desire” deals with the issue that desire leads to death through its use of several techniques such as metaphors and symbols and repetition. The issue of desire leading to death

Williams uses techniques such as characters, plot and dialogue to address this issue in throughout the text. Williams demonstrates the theme of gender roles through the character Stanley. Stanley was a misogynist male at the centre of a male world and was described as “a rickly feathered male bird among hens” in the stage directions of scene 1. This theme continues throughout the plot of the play. Stanley is the most dominant male throughout the play. His decision are final and he has control over Stella and his mates .Stanley make the comment “I am a king around here” in scene 8. He treats everyone like they’re below him and don’t deserve the respect he does and his tantrums make him look childish.
Williams makes the audience think about the world about throughout this issue in the play. The audience is exposed to the grim reality on how woman were treated. It demonstrates how far society has come in respecting woman. The topic of woman being treated fairly is always in the media, and Williams uses this contemporary issue to show a different perspective of this topic allowing the audience to go into deep discussion about an issue happening in our world at this present