Friday, September 30, 2016

How would you compare the characters Stella and Blanche in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire?

In the
beginning of1947 play , Blanche arrives in New Orleans to live with her
younger sister Stella and her husband Stanley Kowalski. Blanche and Stella display character
traits that are seemingly very different, but in the end, they share a similar
struggle.

Blanche is a widow whose promiscuous sexual behavior has made her
somewhat of a social pariah. In contrast, Stella is a mild-mannered married woman. Both women,
however, display strong sexual behavior. For Blanche, sexuality is the only way she knows how to
interact with men. Blanche criticizes Stellas...

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