... The two have grown into entirely different people with entirely different lifestyles since Stella left the family plantation for a new life. Blanche must deal with Stella's brutal, primitive-like husband Stanley, who refuses to "have the wool pulled over his eyes" by Blanche's fantasies and pretensions of life. The clashing of their co-existences, coupled with Blanche refusing to accept ... Tom's ability to function in the "real" world. In A Streetcar Named Desire, there is a combination of raw reality and deliberate fantasy between Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois (Riddel 24). Willi...

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• Grade Level: High School