A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams is known for
his powerfully written psychological dramas. Most of his
works are set in the southern United States and they usually
portray neurotic people who are victims of their own
passions, frustrations, and loneliness. The play represents the
conflict between the sensitive, neurotic Blanche DuBois and
the crude, animalistic Stanley Kowalski. Blanche visits the
home of her sister, Stella, in New Orleans and that is when
Stanley started picking at her, almost testing her. Before she
had met Stanley, she told her sister of how their plantation
had been lost due to the costs of paying for the funerals of
many family members. There was not enough money for her
to keep the plantation. While Blanche bathed after her
arrival, Stanley came home. Stella had told him what had
happened and he immediately insisted that Blanche was
swindling them. He hinted that Blanche had sold the
plantation in order to buy beautiful furs and......
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