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AS STANLEY IS A WORKING CLASS MALE HE FEELS HE SHOULD HAVE THE MAIN AUTHORITY OVER HIS HOUSE AND WIFE, WE SEE EXAMPLES OF THIS DURING THE PLAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SCENE 3, WHEN STANLEY AND STELLA HAVE A FIGHT, HE MANAGES TO CALM STELLA DOWN AND TAKE HER BACK HOME EVEN AFTER HITTING HER. THIS SHOWS THAT HE HAS POWER OVER STELLA. HOWEVER WHEN BLANCH ARRIVES HE FEELS THREATENED AS HE CANT PROVE BANCHE’S PAST AND ALSO BECAUSE SHE STARTS TO INSULT HIM UNLIKE ANYONE ELSE, “HE ACTS LIKE AN ANIMAL, HAS AN ANIMALS HABITS! EATS LIKE ONE, MOVES LIKE ONE AND TALKS LIKES ONE!” THEY ALSO COMPETE OVER STELLA, AS BLANCH IS TRYING TO CONVINCE HER TO LEAVE STANLEY AS SHE FEELS HE DOES NOT TREAT HER RIGHT, AN EXAMPLE FROM SCENE 3 IS, “A MAN LIKE THAT IS SOMEONE TO GO OUT WITH-ONCE-TWICE –THREE TIMES WHEN THE DEVIL IS IN YOU. BUT LIVE WITH! HAVE A CHILD BY?” ON THE OTHERHAND STANLEY IS TRYING TO CONVINCE STELLA ABOUT THE HER SISTERS PAST AND THAT SHE HAS BEEN LYING TO THEM, FOR EXAMPLE “A SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD BOY-SHE’D GOTTEN MIXED UP WITH HIM”, THIS QOUTE COMES FROM SCENE 7. IN SCENE 11 WE LEARN THAT STELLA BELIEVS STANLEY RATHER THAN HER SISTER, THIS IS DRAMATIC AS STANLEY FINALLY WINS OVER BLANCH AND STELLA’S TRUST. SOCIAL CLASS ISSUES ARE BOUGHT UP BETWEEN STANLEY AND BLANCH AS, STANLEY IS A WORKING CLASS MALE AND BLANCH IS UPPER CLASS AND MORE SUPPIRIOR. WE SEE AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IN SCENE 4 WHEN SHE CALLS HIM COMMON. CONFLICT OCCURS BETWEEN MITCH AND STANLEY TOO, AS THEY BOTH HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT BLANCH, FOR EXAMPLE THEY HAVE A ARGUMENT AT WORK WHEN STANLEY CONFRONTS HIM WITH THE TRUTH ABOUT BLANCH’S PAST. THEY ALSO FIGHT IN THE FINAL SCENE WHEN BLANCH IS BEING TAKE AWAY, FOR EXAMPLE, “YOU! YOU DONE THIS, ALL O’ YOUR GOD DAMN INTERFERING WITH THINGS YOU”. AGAIN THEY ARE HAVING AN ARGUMENT ON DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT BLANCH. I FEEL THAT ANOTHER REASON WHY MITCH IS ANGRY AT STANLEY IS BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THAT HE RAPED HER, THE ABOVE QUOTATION CAN SUPPORT THIS AS HE USES THE WORD INTERFERING. ANOTHER THEME WHICH IS SHOWN PARTICULARY DURING THE FINAL SCENE IS GUILT. STELLA FEELS GUILTY AS SHE BELIEVES HER HUSBAND AND NOT HER SISTER THAT HE RAPED HER. I FEEL THIS IS BCAUSE SHE HAD TOO MUCH AT STAKE TO BELIEVE BLANCH, SHE IS NOT ACKNOWLAGING THAT HE RAPED HER BECAUSE SHE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SACRIFICES. THERE ARE MANY QOUTES TO SHOW GUILT FOR EXAMPLE, “TELL HER HOW SHE IS LOOKING”. HERE SHE IS TRYING TO MAKE BLANCH FEEL BETTER ABOUT HERSELF AS SHE IS SENDING HER AWAY. MITCH ALSO FEELS GUILTY AS HE DID NOT BELIEVE BLANCH, AND ALSO BECAUSE HE DID NOT FORGIVE HER, THE FOLLOWING QOUTE IS ALSO FROM SCENE 11, “MITCH COLLAPSES AT THE TABLE, SOBBING”. THIS SHOWS THAT HE DOES BELIEVE BLANCH BUT IT WAS TOO LATE TO FORGIVE HER. HE ALSO FEELS GUILTY ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE TRIED TO RAPE HER IN SCENE 9, “WHAT I BEEN MISSING ALL SUMMER”.
Approximate Word count = 2056
Approximate Pages = 8.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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