A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire, reflects how “desire leads to destruction” through the characters of Stanley Kowalski and Blanche Dubois. Stanley Kowalski’s desire to always have what he wants causes him to say or do negative things to Stella and Blanche. Blanche Dubois’ desire to be better than her sister and the center of attention leads Blanche to be mentally unstable.
Stanley Kowalski has a tendency to try and control everything which leads him to hit his wife Stella who is expecting a baby and rape his sister in law Blanche. The reason Stanley’s character wants to be powerful is because he wants to be respected. Stanley knows that he is “common” and knows that Blanche believes that her sister is too good for him.
In Scene four, Blanche tells Stella “It’s just this. Thi...