Blanche's story is a tragedy of an individual, who is caught between the world of the past and the present. She is unwilling to get rid of the past and unable to accept the present. She thinks that she is still young and attractive, although she hates bright light because it would reveal her. Light plays a crucial part in the struggle between Blanche and Stanley. From the beginning Blanche insists, "I cannot stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark" (Pg 54). She then puts a cover on the light bulb. Light represents truth, and Blanche wants to bury the truth by covering it up. Later in the play Stanley "brings to light" the true facts of Blanche's life (Pg 54). .
Also in this story, Blanche could not forget the death of Allan, her husband who was homosexual. She mentions:.
"I didn't know anything except I loved him unendurably but without being able to help him or help myself. Then I found out in the worst possible way. By coming, suddenly into a room that I thought was empty, which wasn't empty, but had two people in it, the boy I had married and an older man who had been his friend for years." (Scene 4, Pg 183).
As it is obvious, Blanche wanted a cultured man but is often attracted to strong, basic male characters, which is a reflexive response since her marriage with an educated, sensitive man ended in disaster.
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However, a complete opposite of Blanch is Stella her sister, who is married to Stanely. Unlike her sister, she is a passive and gentle woman. She is five years younger than Blanche, and has been obedient to her for her entire life. After marrying Stanley, she is forced to join the lower class, endure her husband's bad temper, and be obedient to him. In some way, Stella is the connecting figure to two different worlds; The imaginative world of Blanche, her older sister and the more common world of Stanley Kowalski. However, Blanche and Stanley both attempt to influence her, and they succeed to a degree.
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The characters make A Streetcar Named Desire an undeniable landmark in both American literature and film. ... A line could be straight, or a street, but the heart of a human being never." ... Although not as explicit, Stella also suffers from desire. ... Blanche: What you are talking about is brutal desire-just- Desire! - the name of that rattle-trap street-car that bangs through the Quarter, up one old narrow street ...
A Streetcar Named Desire - Complexity of the Characters It is the complexity of the main characters and their interactions that make A Streetcar Named Desire such a successful and challenging play. The play A Streetcar Named Desire made playwright Tennessee William's name and has deservedly since had over half a century of success. ... As the name suggests Stella and Blanche's time at "Belle Reve" was near perfect. ... A Streetcar Named Desire would hardly have a story if the characters weren't so complex and didn't interact with each other in the way in which they do....
In A Street Car Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, Stanley Kowalski displays his brutality in many ways. ... Stanley's brutality is shown in several places during the duration of A Street Car Named Desire; at the poker night when he gets so angry and throws the radio out the window, when he beats his wife, Stella, and his arrogant actions are most apparent when he rapes Blanche, while his wife is in labor at the hospital. ... I've discussed the aspect of brutality in A Streetcar Named Desire and now I want to compare it briefly to brutality in The Program, A book turned scree...
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