Thesis
In the play a Streetcar Named Desire, Tennesse Williams demonstrates
through dialogue and stage directions the similarities and differences between
both characters Stanly and Blanche.
Similarities
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Both Stanly and Blanche seem to have an alcohol
problem.
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They both have a sexual desire.
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They both drink uncontrollably throughout most
of the play
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Both Stanly and Blanche seem to be very
judgmental people for example when Blanche said “Why, that you had to live in
these conditions” (11). What this quote proves is how at the very begging of
the play right after she had arrived at her sister’s house she was already
judging and criticizing the conditions her sister was living in.
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Stanly said “it looks to me like you’ve been
swindled, baby, and when you get swindled under the Napoleonic, code I get
swindled too. And I don’t like to be swindled” (22). What this quote proves how
Stanly without getting to know Stella’s sister Blanche very well he was already judging her
Differences
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When Stanly gets drunk he seems to have a very
violent temper for example when Stanly got drunk during the poker game and
ended up beating up Stella. Stanly takes after Stella, who retreats behind the
door, men quickly, follow to pull him off” (40). This quote proves how poorly
Stanly can handle alcohol and how aggressive he becomes when he’s drunk that he
was even able to beat up his own wife even though she was expecting a child.
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Blanche cannot control how much liquor she takes.
for example when Mitch went to visit her Blanche right away the first thing she had grabbed was
a bottle of liquor. Mitch then tells her “you ought to lay of his liquor. He
says you been lapping it up all summer like a wild cat.” (83) what this proves
is how bad of a problem Blanche seems to have with alcohol that every time
something comes up or she’s stressed out about something first thing she would
grab is alcohol.
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