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He is loyal to his friends and passionate to his wife. Stanley possesses an animalistic physical vigor that is evident in his love of work, of fighting, and of sex. His family is from Poland, and several times he expresses his outrage at being called “Polack” and other derogatory names. When Blanche calls him a “Polack,” he makes her ...
- Blanche DuBois
Stanley himself takes the final stabs at Blanche, destroying...
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Important quotes by Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named...
- Blanche DuBois
[Two men come around the corner, Stanley Kowalski and Mitch. They are about twenty-eight or thirty years old, roughly dressed in blue denim work clothes. Stanley carries his bowling jacket and a red-stained package from a butcher's. They stop at the foot of the steps.] STANLEY [bellowing]: Hey, there! Stella, Baby!
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Stanley Kowalski lives in a basic, fundamental world which allows for no subtleties and no refinements. He is the man who likes to lay his cards on the table. He can understand no relationship between man and woman except a sexual one, where he sees the man's role as giving and taking pleasure from this relationship.
As Blanche is led away, Stella abruptly decides to leave Stanley. The twist was dictated by the film industry, which demanded that Stanley be punished in some way for the rape. Subsequent film and TV versions have restored the original, bleaker ending, in which Stella remains with her husband.
Let's start with the gender roles in the Kowalski household. Stanley sees himself as the provider and head of the household He sees Stella's role as a homemaker, who stays at home, cooks his meals, and generally takes care of him. As such, he also expects Stella to respect him. We only get one window into the Kowalskis' relationship before ...
A Streetcar Named Desire [Scene 3] Lyrics. THE POKER NIGHT. There is a picture of Van Gogh's of a billiard-parlor at night. The kitchen now suggests that sort of lurid nocturnal brilliance, the ...
Mitch matters to Stanley: Stanley needs his admiration and respect and is unwilling to relinquish his hold on him. This jealousy pays a part in Stanley’s determination to expose Blanche and so regain his domination of Mitch. That he is to be seen as Stanley’s shadow is shown in his tearing of the paper lantern, and in his half-hearted ...
