A Streetcar Named Desire Masculinity Analysis

Williams ' choice of having Stanley brutally unveil Blanche’s secrets contrapuntally with Blanche singing a sweet tune in the tub serves to expose Blanche and Stanley’s inner selves in order to create a strict contrast between the two. As soon as Stella mentioned Blanche soaking in the tub to Stanley after he entered, Stanley began to mock Blanche by mimicking her and saying, “Soaking in a hot tub?” (117). Stanley’s remarks persisted to the point where even Stella had to tell Stanley to “stop picking on Blanche” (118).

Stanley feels the threat to his marriage after the big fight he has with Stella after the poker game. Stanley feels as if he is losing control over Stella and believes Blanche is the one to blame for Stellas behaviour becoming different. An example of this was shown when Stella turned on the radio in the bedroom and was talking to Blanche while the man were playing poker in the next room. Stanley was demonstrating his domactis over Stella whe he asked her to “turn the radio off and hush up” Stella replied saying “this is my house ,i 'll talk as much as I want too”. Stanley has a set illusion of Throughout Blanche 's stay at his house, he feels that she has drunk his liquor, eaten his food, used his house and felt that she still had the nerve to disrepresent him in his own house.

Blanche’s Monologue The passage cited from “A Streetcar Named Desire” reveals the uncommon aspects of her character: the ideal notion of love and seething desire within herself, sexual struggle and conflict, pretentiousness of the ‘grand’ lady and the financially strained woman. It seems like Blanche’ ranting toward Stella but it actually likes Blanche talks to herself.

In this novel, he constantly shows this trait in almost everything he does. On page 33, for example, he and Crash laugh intensely at Penn’s second hand clothes and gloating about their own expensive sneakers. After Penn says that he may have gotten his clothes at second time around, it says, “Mike and I both exploded. We turned away and pretended we were having coughing fits”. In another occasion, as soon as Mike learns about Penn, he insists on bullying him.

During the course of A Streetcar Named Desire, DuBois presents herself as an innocent woman who is simply looking for companionship. However, it is eventually revealing that DuBois has had many intimate interactions with many other men after her late husband died. It is this desire for companionship that is always changing. While DuBois seems to wish for someone to simply spend her life with her she seems incredibly fickle when it comes to her attention. Although she appears to be serious about Mitch, she kisses a young boy who comes to Stanley Kowalski and Stella Kowalski’s house.

Tennessee Williams is the author for both “The Glass Menagerie” and “A Streetcar Named Desire” they were both written in the 1940s. In the first nineteen pages of “A Streetcar Named Desire” I analyzed the characters and discovered some similarities. The first similarity within the characters is that both Amanda Wingfield and Blanche Dubios were Southern Belles at some point in their lives. Secondly, they are both very critical towards others, Amanda frequently criticizes her son Tom and Blanche harshly criticizes her sister Stella. These two women are narcissistic because they frequently speak about themselves, for example, when Amanda states that she once had seventeen gentlemen callers and Blanche was showing off her body stating that

Identity conjures up an image of self-regard statically set in the beholder’s environment. However, identity is an active interplay between self-regard and the environment. This interplay takes center stage in Tennessee Williams’ 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire, as Blanche Dubois moves in with her sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski in New Orleans. Upon her arrival, Blanche and her grandiose air offend Stanley.

The family's treacherous journey to Jefferson is filled with danger and excitement, yet Faulkner gives many doses of humor throughout the novel. The characters employ themselves in outrageous acts of irony, from Addie's rejection of her most devoted son, to Anse's concern with his false teeth instead of Addie's death, to Vardaman's calling his mother a fish. This irony would not have been evident if it were not for Faulkner's use of multiple narrators. Faulkner was enchanted by Freudian theories of psychology when he wrote this novel, and recounting the story through various perspectives allows the reader to understand each character's reaction. This enhanced the dark humor throughout the novel because the reader can see into each family member's thoughts on her death.

In the play A Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams we see a ‘southern belle’ named Blanche try to fit into her sister’s household where her sister, Stella, is a very submissive wife to her archetype husband, Stanley. The conflict between Blanche and Stanley shows us how gender roles were applied in 1940 and the outcome to when you don’t conform to your role. In the 1940’s, a man could not be more powerful, especially in the US’s patriarchal society. In the play Stanley is an archetype man who gets to do what he please to his wife.

“Stradler walked through life with ease as a result of his gender performance, Holden sees his character as primarily consisting of narcissism and womanizing.” (Marley Jeranko, para. 9) Holden tells that “he was madly in love with himself” (Catcher in the rye, page 31) and it becomes apparent that Holden is also appalled by Stradlater’s high ego and sense of

For my representational project, I decided to make two plushies- one of Mr. Stanley Kowalski, and the other of Mrs. Stella Kowalski- and how they were affected by the arrival of Blanche DuBuois. Stella is represented as a star not only because Blanche refers to Stella as "Stella for star", but also because since Stella left their home in Belle Reve she has been unreachable just like the stars themselves. As the sister of Blanche, Stella is inclined to believe whatever Blanche says, because they have been through plenty of experiences together as kids. The fabric over the eyes represents that the wool has been pulled over her eyes for believing in the lies that her sister concocted. Another way to interpret the covering of the eyes

As a result of the football fanfare, gender roles support deviant behavior within Odessa’s community. The females throughout the book play a small traditional role within the masculine community. Females that attend Permian high school dream of one day becoming a Pepette. A Pepette is a cheerleader devoted to a specific football player. Pepettes act as servants for their designated player; they bake football themed desserts, decorate signs, carry their books and even get paid for sex.

This causes sadness in Harry, leading him to get in a fight with Craig Randall over the snide comments made about the house, "even though I [Harry] agreed with every word. " This exchange shows how Harry must face the challenge of whether to go along with what everyone else says, or defend his family 's honour. Another example of the challenges faced through growing up from childhood to adolescence is of Harry 's classmate Johnny Barlow. Johnny’s family consists of a drunk father and a brother who has ended in jail many times, leading to the people in the town thinking that Johnny himself is, “Good for nothing.” Due to all the gossiping, Johnny feels that he must leave the town temporarily for he feels alone and disconnected.