The Brutish Stanley kowalski In A Streetcar Named Desire, Stanley Kowalski (Blanche's Brother-in-law) is one of the central character in the play. ... Stanley kowalski's first exhibition of his brutal actions occurs at poker night. ... This is another example of why Stanley is so brutal. ... When Blanche tells Stanley that she had put Mitch in his place for being mean to her, Stanley explodes in terror. ... Stanley approaches her carefully, but Blanche swings at him and Stanley catches her arm and forces her to drop the weapon. ...

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In the Street Car Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, Stanley Kowalski displays his brutality in many ways. This classical play is about Blanche Dubois's visit to Elysian Fields and her encounters with her sister's brutal and arrogant husband, Stanley Kowalski, and the reveling truth of why Blanche really came. Stanley Kowalski is a very brutal and barbaric person who always has to feel that no one is better than him. ... Stanley Kowalski's first exhibition of ...

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Stanley Kowalski - Stella's domineering and possessive husband and Blanche's brother-in-law. ... Stella Kowalski - Blanche's younger sister, and Stanley's wife. ... Eunice and Steve Hubbel - the Kowalski's landlords and upstairs neighbors. ... PLOT Stella Kowalski lives with Stanley, her rough and domineering husband, in a poor section of the French Quarter in New Orleans with her older sister. ... CONFLICT Blanche Dubois, representative of the fallen aristocracy of the south, is a misfit who is trying to straighten out her life while taking refuge in New ...

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The play revolves around the circumstances and actions behind four characters: Blanch Dubois, Harold Mitchell, as well as Stella and Stanley Kowalski. Stanley Kowalski is initially portrayed as an essentially decent human being. ... For the viewers themselves, Stanley is a character who is easily empathized with at this time when memories of the Great Depression are still fresh. ... But as the play progresses further and further, Stanley's character becomes more volatile and suspicious. ... While at this time, the upper-class was being criticized for being selfish, money hoarding aristoc...

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In the play "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, the family is broken up due to the desires of both Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. ... No one person is to blame for the breakup of the DuBois/Kowalski family. ... Stella undoubtedly loves Stanley wholeheartedly. ... For Blanche and Stanley the hurt is intentional. ... Everyone had a role in the demise of the DuBois/Kowalski family therefore blame can not solely be placed upon one person....

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Conversely, Stanley Kowalski, Blanche's brother-in-law, is a very realistic person who seeks truth. ... Williams demonstrates this theme of reality versus fantasy through Stanley's success in finding the truth in Blanche's fictional world, the use of light symbolizing the truth that Blanche is afraid of, and the use of the setting of the Kowalski's apartment to represent the vulnerability of the interior to the exterior of the real world. ... Another representation of the vulnerability of fantasy to reality is demonstrated through the Kowalski's apartment. ... Whil...

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The play is based around 3 main characters, Blanche the older sister who is like the belle of the ball, Stella the younger sister who left home and got married, and Stella's' husband Stanley, a 'common man'. ... Chris Daftsios playing Stanley is every bit a rough, weathered, almost over compensating machismo male. ... Most of the drama focuses around the Kowalski's bedroom and kitchen, the tight quarters making the tension even more intense. ... Stanley is further pushed into Blanches perceptions of him when having the need to bare his chest like the animal she calls ...

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She makes up wild stories, and when Stanley Kowalski, her brother - in - law, rapes her, the realities of life cause her to drift into absolute lunacy. ... It is Stanley who refuses to let Blanche live in a dream world. Stanley shreds the dreams of Blanche DuBois, revealing her ugly past to her sister and her beau. ... After Stanley rapes Blanche, her whole world crumbles. ... She says, "I couldn't believe her story and go on living with Stanley." ...

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exclaims Blanche's arch enemy Stanley Kowalski. ... Whatever seemed real to Blanche might not have been real to Stanley. ... To Stanley, it was a simple trick that she used to cover her faults. ... "The Kowalskis and the Dubois have different notions." What Blanche may believe fits in her world may not coincide with Stanley's. ...

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A Streetcar Named Desire tells the story of Blanche Dubois's arrival to stay with her sister Stella Kowalski who claims to be given a leave of absense from her teaching job to recover from her nervous breakdown. ... Blanche, during her stay finds male company with Stanley's friend, Mitch. ... The last straw for Blanche is when Stanley rapes her while Stella is in hospital having her baby. ... Stella could not believe that Stanley raped Blanche, " I couldn't believe her story and go on living with Stanley" so she decides to send her away to a mental institution. ... When S...

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The poker is a symbol for the game of life, and Stanley is the triumphant victor. ... Stanley's masculinity, virility and boisterous nature, is thus vividly depicted. ... This event is a mirror image of the poker night, when Stella is hit by Stanley and runs upstairs, with Stanley later on roaring for her to come back. ... The young collector, who comes to the Kowalski's door to collect for the newspaper when Blanche is home alone, embodies Blanche's obsession with youth and reminds her of her teenage husband. ... Stanley is represented by the drunkard and Blanche by the prostit...

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She tells Eunice, "I couldn't believe [Blanche's] story and go on living with Stanley"(133). ... In A Streetcar Named Desire, there is a combination of raw reality and deliberate fantasy between Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois (Riddel 24). ... As Stanley says to Stella, When we first met I was common as dirt. ... As time goes on, her sister's wanting to live with Stanley increasingly baffles Blanche because she does not view Stanley as much more than a common, animalistic ape. ... Stanley and Stella ...

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