I really enjoyed reading the play "A streetcar Named Desire" by Tennesse Williams. Blanche was a very interesting character. From the beginning of the play, Blanche seemed insecure, fear of reality and she was always looking for an escape route. She also needs male attention all the time. I think her sister Stella was similar to Blanche because she seemed out of reality also. Blanche was very protective of her sister. When Stanley hit Stella and broke her dishes, Blanche was so worried and upset becuase this happened and Stella was not upset and angry at Stanley. Blanche wanted to get Stella out of the situation so bad, but Stella did not want to. I think Stella wanted to stay in the relationship because she was expecting a baby and she was financially set with Stanley. Stella lets Stanley dominate over her. She likes the violence and the inappropraite behavior, becuase she thinks that she needs to put up with it, if she wants everything to work out with the baby and financially. I did not like Stanley as a character. He needs power over people, and he acheives this by the way he talks to people and the way he acts around people. He is a very sexual character. He is very full of himself. I really looked down on him when he told Blanche about Stella expecting, becuase he knew how much Stella wanted to tell her but she wanted to wait. So it proved to me again that he had to have power of both of the girls. I think her did it to be mean and hurtful. Blanche looks down on Stanley becuase of his background being Polish. She can not believe her sister would date a polish man.
Blanche shows she is out of reality throughout the play, but one example is when she was dating the seventeen year old boy. She knew it couldnt work out becuase he was seventeen and she was his teacher. But she kind of blocked it out of her mind and just went for it.
I think Stanley raped Blanche becuase he needs to have power over people, and he was not really getting as much power over her than he would like. With Stella, he had all the power he wanted becuase she would do anything and put up with anything. The way he was acting around Blanche, kind of led me to some kind of sexual act, but i never thought it would be rape. So it surprised me that he did such a thing, but in a way it didnt surprise me becuase thats the kind of character he is. I also think it was low how he lied to Stella and tried to get Stella to turn on her own sister, Blanche. Once again, you can see what kind of character he is. Is's ironic that the baby is a boy becuase it kind of states that he could turn into a little Stanley, which is very negative.
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I agree that Stanley raped Blanche for the power and dominance that he felt he had to keep over Stella at all times. Stanley was very insecure and I feel he didn't feel comfortable knowing that Stella could use her own mind and make her own decisions instead of relying on Stanley to tell her what to do. When Stanley raped Blanche this only reinforced his authority for himself and made him feel better for himself and only himself.
Nicole,
I thought it was interesting how you said that Stella was like Blanche because she seemed out of reality, too. I think that Stella was more in touch with reality than Blanche, but that she chose to ignore some of the facts. I also think she chose to believe things that would prove to be the least painful for her, such as how she chose not to believe Blanche when she told her Stanley had raped her. If she had believed Blanche, she would have to face the facts about Stanley and she would have to deal with the weight of knowing that her husband had caused her sister even more pain. By not believing Blanche, she spared herself a lot of pain and struggle.
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