Masculinity & Physicality in A Streetcar Named Desire
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- Masculinity & Physicality in A Streetcar Named Desire
- Stanley
- Masculinity is linked to the idea of a brute, aggressive, animal force and carnal lust.
- He asserts dominance aggressively through loud actions and violence.
- Strips off his shirt on numerous occasions.
- He asserts his masculinity physically and psychologically
- He bellows in a sort of animal mating call at Stella
- Forces himself upon Blanche.
- Views himself as the alpha male and head of the household.
- Represents the powerfully attractive, but powerfully frightening threat of masculinity.
- Stanley is Polish - The Polish were once looked down upon and dismissed.
- Stanley represents being attractive.
- Stanley wants to view himself as the alpha male, but is he really?
- Mitch
- He represents masculinity as a trait of comfort and refuge.
- Is a beta male - still a masculine force, but not asserting the same kind of physical dominance.
- Finds power through physical assertion.
- Blanche see's Mitch as male enough to radiate a carnal attractiveness, but not physically or psychologically dangerous in the way that Stanley is.
- Mitch represents being comfortable / comfy.
- p. 2 - "He heaves the package at her."
- p. 13 - "... his appreciation of rough humor..."
- p. 14 - "Stanley: My clothes 're stickin' to me. Do you mind if I make myself comfortable? (He starts to remove his shirt)."
- p. 13 - "... his appreciation of rough humor..."
- Stanley
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