Stella is being forced to play intermediary of the two sides as kin to the old South and wife to the new South. ... Tennessee Williams has a flair for writing about reality clashing with fantasy in some of his plays. ... Williams throughout Streetcar creates constant conflict between Blanche and either Stanley, Mitch, or Stella. The audience of the play, however, is presented with polar views of the drama (Kernan 17) from the "realistic" view of Stanley and the "non-realistic" view of his sister-in-law, Blanche. ...

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• Grade Level: High School