Streetcar Named Desire
Tennesee Williams Streetcar named Desire ‘He acts like an animal, has animal habits! Eats like one, moves like one, talks like one ! Thousands of years have passed him by, and there he is Stanley Kowalski – survivor of the Stone Age !’ Do you agree with Blanche’s assessment of Stanley? Stanley’s behaviour from the beginning of the play draws us to the conclusion that he does act like an animal. Tennessee Williams through ‘Streetcar Named Desire’ introduces us to an almost caveman type of character, Stanley Kowalski. From the onset of the play, Tennessee Williams presents us with Stanley’s animalistic behaviour. In Scene I he ‘Bellows’ Stella’s name, like a cow. This shows how uncivilised he is because a polite and civilised man would not shout in the middle of a crowded street. Stanley loves to be loud; he likes to make noise wherever he is as in Scene II where he is disrespectful towards Stella by questioning her Sister, Blanche’s credibility.