A_Streetcar_Named_Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire In A Streetcar Named Desire (Williams 2071 - 2138; additional references by page number only.) by Tennessee Williams the power theme is very familiar. This gloomy play involves power, death, illusion, hypocrisy, maltreatment and cruelty. The power theme is what comprises mostly the characters of this play. The two main characters of the play Stanley and Blanche are continuously fighting over their power, but they not always win. Stanley and Blanche are both powerful and impotent in diverse situations and associated with the other characters of the play. Blanche's brother-in-law, Stanley is one of the most powerful characters on the play. His brutal and abusive attitude panics and delights his wife, Stella. However to the viewer his authority toward Stella is nothing more than just violence. His supremacy as the head of the family is shown since the beginning of the play when he throws a meat package at Stella (2072). Always Stanley's power upon others comes together with violence. His power and abuse is also revealed in the part when he whacks Stella's thigh (2089). Stanley wants to prove to everybody that he is the boss, he is the leader and everything that he says should be stretcar, named, desire, blanche, stella, stanley, power, upon, play, control, stanleys, over, mitch, cannot, others, makes, listen, characters, blanches, another, about, violence, toward, should, powerful, past, one, character, because, anything, wife, tries, tells, sister, shows, shown, point, out