A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

My thesis statement for this essay would have to be: how lies and honesty between two main characters  Blanche and Stanley attitudes are similar and differ. They both have sexual desires. They both have different personalities/motives throughout the play. Stanley is a controlling, aggressive, abusive guy who likes to drink. In the play he shows a lot of aggression. When Blanches trunk arrives Stanley shows aggression when he says, ”look at these feathers and furs that she comes here to preen herself in” (p.23).  Thinking Blanche has comes to visit and has money to give to Stella. When in reality she has nothing she has lost everything. This bothered Stella because, she hasn’t seen a sister in a long time and he questions her being there. Stanley trying to take control of the situation by brings up the” Napoleonic Code.” (p.22). Stanley shows abusiveness when he’s playing poker and things get out of hand and he hits Stella. Blanche is a liar and a flirt. In the play I feel that Blanche is a liar because when she has a drink with Stella. Blanche says” No, one’s my limit.”(p.12). Stanley asks her if she wants to have a shot and Blanche says,” No I rarely touch it”(p.18). Meanwhile later on in the play she has more drinks.  She begins to flirt with Stanley who is her sister’s husband. (p.26). Blanche also flirts with Mitch who is a friend of Stanley while the poker game is going on. 

·         Blanche likes to flirt.

·         Stanley does not like Blanche.

·         Blanche is afraid that Stanley might blow her up.

·         Stanley gets very aggressive in the play towards his wife, Blanche, and his friends.

·         Blanche has a very unclean background.

·         Blanche runs away\ denies her problems.

·         Stanley proves that Blanche is a liar and says that she has to leave his house.

·         Stanley is always away from home

·         Stanley and Blanche have different motives.

·         The characters Blanch and Stanley are two people that played in a play called, “A streetcar named desire.”  

·         Blanche and Stanley don’t like each other.

·          Blanche likes to tell lies and make up her own stories using her imagination.

·          Stanley is a straight forward type of guy.

·          They both are like to drink.

·          Blanche is Stanley’s wife sister.

·         Stanley likes to play poker and go bowling.