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

Relationships in A Streetcar Named believe In creationy modern day relationships between a man and a woman, there is usually a controlling figure that is superior over the other. It may be women over man, man over women, or in what the true definition of a marriage is an equal partnership. In the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Stanley is clearly the more dominant figure over Stella. Throughout the play there ar numerous examples of the power he possesses of her. Williams portrays Stella as a little girlfriend who lives around in Stanleys world. She does what he wants, takes his ab habituate yet politic loves him. Situations likes these may have occurred in the 1950s and lasted, further in nowadayss 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 veranda for the bowling ally. He makes no motion to stop, run up the stairs and explain to his wif e whats going on, similar 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 salamander troupe (pg. 57). At this point he is very drunk. Blanche distracting Stanley by listening to the receiving set instigates him to grab it off the table and toss it out the window. Stella in a state of panic tells everyone to go home which angers Stanley so he chases subsequently her and hits her. This type of behavior is not normal of any human creation 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 beatin g, in this case his wife. This scene demonstrates Stanleys viscid animal like traits with such violence. If what happened here was repeated in directlys society he would find himself in a incarcerate cell with a pending divorce. During the last scene of the play (pg.