A Streetcar Named Desire - Stanley
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- Created on: 21-04-17 09:25
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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)
- Animalistic Qualities
- 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!"
- "In bed with your Polack!"
- Loud
- "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)
- First Impressions
- Animalistic Qualities
- 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!"
- "In bed with your Polack!"
- Loud
- 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)
- Colloquialisms
- 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
- Threatened
- 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
- He enjoys "pleasure with women"
- First Impressions
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