Streetcar Named Desire Passage Analysis

This passage has been taken from A Streetcar Named Desire, scene four, page 47. In the book, the night before the conversation in the given passage happens, Stanley and Stella has a conflict, which causes Stanley to hit Stella. What’s alluring is that at the end of the night, Stella runs back to Stanley which causes Blanche to be horrified from what she has seen and this leads to Blanche making this conversation. This extract is important since it shows how different the way of thinking of Blanche and Stella is, and how they personally feel about Stanley. Furthermore, Tennessee Williams tried to indicate the disparity of the relationship of Stella and Stanley with the relationship of Stella and her sister Blanche.

The setting of the conversation is in Kowalski’s apartment in New Orleans. From this passage, the reader understands that Blanche is still in shock by the fact that Stella still desires Stanley even

In order to place the idea of leaving Stanley, Blanche tries to compose a picture, depicting Stanley as an abusive and vulgar man, nevertheless this action of Blanche makes Stella realize that she actually feels more attracted to her husband when he becomes more aggressive. The two sisters disagreeing with each other and Blanche’s disapproval of Stanley show the tense atmosphere through the passage. At the beginning of the passage, glance compares Stanley to an ape, which is a wild animal, and the reason she compares Stanley to an ape is the fact that Stanley acts just as wild as a n ape and also uncultured. One of the themes of this passage might be “cruelty” since cruelty is considered to be the only unforgivable thing according to Blanche. In the beginning of the book, the first conversation of Stanley and Blanche shows the reader that there is a huge cultural difference between them and their living style so the