A Streetcar Named Desire - Stanley

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  • A Streetcar Named Desire: Stanley
    • First Impressions
      • Loud
        • When he first appears he's shouting at Stella
        • Single word shouts and grunts
          • Animalistic Qualities
            • First Impressions
              • Loud
                • When he first appears he's shouting at Stella
                • Single word shouts and grunts
                  • Animalistic Qualities
                    • "bellowing"
                    • "survivor of the Stone Age"
                      • "spears" the meat with his fork and eats it "with his fingers"
                    • "pride of a richly feathered male bird among hens"
                      • Draws attention to himself
                      • Brightly coloured shirts contrast with Blanche's "soft colours"
                    • Predatory "grins"
                      • Therefore, Blanche is the prey
                    • Shows his simple lifestyle and values
                      • BUT you can't pull the wool over his eyes (he's more suspicious than Stella about the loss of Belle Reve)
              • This contrasts with Blanche and Stella who are from a wealthy French family, and you can tell that Blanche doesn't quite approve of Stella's marriage
                • "In bed with your Polack!"
                  • She feels betrayed by Stella as she has chosen to leave their traditional bloodline and marry into this new America, leaving Blanche behind
                • Stanley represents a new America - a country of immigrants
                  • He feels proud for "pulling" Stella down from the old, fading America
                • He is insecure about this and it also threatens him
                  • "What I am is one hundred per cent American, born and raised in the greatest country on earth and proud as hell of it, so don't ever call me a Polack!"
            • "bellowing"
            • "survivor of the Stone Age"
              • "spears" the meat with his fork and eats it "with his fingers"
            • "pride of a richly feathered male bird among hens"
              • Draws attention to himself
              • Brightly coloured shirts contrast with Blanche's "soft colours"
            • Predatory "grins"
              • Therefore, Blanche is the prey
            • Shows his simple lifestyle and values
              • BUT you can't pull the wool over his eyes (he's more suspicious than Stella about the loss of Belle Reve)
      • This contrasts with Blanche and Stella who are from a wealthy French family, and you can tell that Blanche doesn't quite approve of Stella's marriage
        • "In bed with your Polack!"
          • She feels betrayed by Stella as she has chosen to leave their traditional bloodline and marry into this new America, leaving Blanche behind
        • Stanley represents a new America - a country of immigrants
          • He feels proud for "pulling" Stella down from the old, fading America
        • He is insecure about this and it also threatens him
          • "What I am is one hundred per cent American, born and raised in the greatest country on earth and proud as hell of it, so don't ever call me a Polack!"
    • Language
      • Colloquialisms
        • "dope"
      • Flawed grammar
        • "Wasn't we happy together?"
        • Shows his lack of education in contrast to Blanche and Stella
      • Imperatives
        • "Come on"
        • Shows his dominance - he's clearly in charge in his home (but Blanche threatens that)
    • Attitude towards Blanche
      • Threatened
        • When he first meets Blanche she is on his territory without his permission so he's always had this territorial instinct against her
        • He had Stella to himself before Blanche showed up with her own claim on her - ultimately they are competing against each other for Stella
      • He's fairly indifferent about what happens to Blanche as long as she gets out of their lives
        • "She'll get on a bus and like it"
      • He goes out of his way to ruin Blanche's act
        • He spends a couple of months getting information on her and checking sources - just out of spite or to get rid of her
      • He's aware that Blanche fishes for compliments but doesn't play along like Stella does
        • Takes no nonsense
    • Masculinity
      • He enjoys "pleasure with women"
        • Even though he's married - maybe he only married Stella so that he could establish dominance in a stable relationship
      • Dominant
        • Even though he's married - maybe he only married Stella so that he could establish dominance in a stable relationship
        • Overshadows Blanche in conversations even though she overshadows Stella
        • His dominance is threatened by Blanche
          • "Every man is a king and I am the king around here"
          • "Her Majesty" (mocking)
          • He asserts this dominance by ****** her
      • But this breaks down when he feels more vulnerable like when Stella leaves him
        • "Shuddering with sobs"
        • "Stumbles"
        • "Howling"
      • He takes his shirt off in front of Blanche to establish that this is his house - territorial

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