a street car named desire

The presentation of the poker game in scene 3 of A Streetcar named Desire and how it relates to the whole play


This is an essay on the film directed by Kazan and the book A streetcar named Desire by Tennessee Williams. I will focus on scene 3, the poker game. This is a critical point of the relationships between Stanley, Blanche and Stella.
Stanley and Stella are married and live in the down stairs of a flat. Eunice and Steve occupy the top story. The role in their relationship is reversed compared to Stanley and Stella’s, with Eunice being the more dominant.
Blanche is Stella’s sister and they have not seen each since they lived at Belle Reve. Blanche arrives on a streetcar named Desire, so this is were the title presumably came from.
The poker game symbolises the relationship between Stanley and Blanche and the ‘game’ they play. There is a lot of conflict between Stanley and Blanche, although Blanche hides her feelings towards him and does the opposite by flirting w...