Relationships in Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire :: Streetcar Named Desire

Relationships in A Streetcar Named Desire In many modern day relationships between a man and a woman, there is usually a controlling figure that is dominant over the other. It may be women over man, man over women, or in what the true rendering of a marriage is an cost partnership. In the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Stanley is clearly the more dominant figure over Stella. passim the play there are numerous examples of the power he possesses of her. Williams portrays Stella as a little girl who lives around in Stanleys world. She does what he wants, takes his corrupt yet still loves him. Situations likes these may have occurred in the 1950s and lasted, but in todays time this would only end up in a quick divorce. The first scene of the play (pg. 14) Stanley has just thrown a piece of meat up to Stella as he turns the corner headspring for the bowling ally. He makes no motion to decimal point, run up the stairs and explain to his wife whats going on, simi lar to what would occur in an equal relationship. Instead he continues down the street like a boy with no responsibilities. Stella yells, Where are you going, and then asks if she could come to watch, he agrees but doesnt stop to wait for her. This scene demonstrates how Stella follows Stanley along, and serves him according to what he wishes to do and when he wants to do it. In scene three Stanley is having his poker party (pg. 57). At this point he is very drunk. Blanche distracting Stanley by listening to the radio instigates him to grab it off the table and toss it out the window. Stella in a state of panic tells everyone to go mob which angers Stanley so he chases after her and hits her. This type of behavior is not normal of any human being involved in any relationship. Stanley repeatedly gets what he wants by use of any means possible. In addition the person whoever threatens the existence of his poker game receives a beating, in this case his wife. This scene demonstrates S tanleys viscous animal like traits with such violence. If what happened here was repeated in todays society he would find himself in a dispose cell with a pending divorce. During the last scene of the play (pg.