A Streetcar Named Desire Blog 2

• Blog – Why does Blanche disapprove of Stanley?

In scenes four and five Blanche finds out Stanley’s true nature. She disapproves of him because his “normality” is when he is angry. This is shown when he takes a slipper and smashes a light to turn it off; this is Stanley’s idea of a romantic atmosphere. “What you are talking about is brutal desire-just-Desire! – the name of that rattle-trap street-car that bangs through the Quarter, up the old narrow street and down another…” (Pg. 70) During these scenes she cannot explain why her sister could stand for such behavior. She tries to make her sister she Stanley’s beastly attitude, but instead at the end of the scene Stella goes over to Stanley, which indicates Blanche has had no affect on her.