Character Analysis Of Stella Kowalski In A Streetcar Named Desire

To be insane is a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction. Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire is perceived as a fragile young pregnant woman who is married to a drunkard named Stanley. Their relationship seems to be primarily based on their sexual desires for one another but maybe it goes beyond for Stella. In the play, Blanche, Stella's sister, arrives at Stanley and Stella's apartment out of the blue and asks to stay with them if they don't mind. Stella instantly replies yes, even though they only have a two room apartment that is in bad conditions. From the moment Stanley met Blanche, they didn't get along. Stanley is constantly abusive to Stella, mostly when he is drunk, but sometimes even when he is sober. However cruel and insensitive Stanley is to Stella, she always returns with love, and Blanche can never understand why. Stella Kowalski is characterized as the most "normal" individual in the play, but in retrospect, she is the craziest of of them all. Stella's insanity is shown through her obsessiveness of Stanley. She is consistently being abused and treated like an animal by Stanley but she cannot and
In the play, she tells Blanche, "but there are things that happen between a man and a woman in the dark--that sort of make everything else seem-- unimportant(pg.72)". This quote from the play demonstrates how Stella and Stanley's relationship is all based around their sexual desires and that is why Stella has such a strong sexual attraction to Stanley. The title of the book, A Streetcar Named Desire, even brings the meaning of Stanley and Stella's relationship to another level because the word desire is in the title, so it sort of lets the reader predict the temptations in the books. The quote is significant because it displays how Stella thinks of Stanley and how he makes everything else seem unimportant, like he's magic, as Blanche would