A Streetcar Named Desire - Complexity of the Characters It is the complexity of the main characters and their interactions that make A Streetcar Named Desire such a successful and challenging play. The play A Streetcar Named Desire made playwright Tennessee William's name and has deservedly sin...
Before the action of the play, Stella Kowalski moved out of her family estate, Belle Reve, in Mississippi when her father died. ... Blanche stayed at a hotel in Laurel after losing Belle Reve, calledThe Flamingo?... Blanche feels hardships were Stella's fault since she left Belle Reve and abandoned her the summer their father died. ...
The conflict of reality and fantasy plagued her mind like a battle in a field of roses. Is the prominent truth of reality really better than the playful ambitions of one's own mind? The constant engagement of Blanche's presence in her own world, and the lack thereof in the real world make for a comp...
Also the indicated size of Belle Reve shows us that she was wealthy and now she is not, Blanche's shocked expression when she first sees Stella's house shows us how differently she lives now than she did: "what are you doing in a place like this?" ...