Streetcar Named Desire Gender Analysis

There are many prevalent themes throughout the play, Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams. One major theme of the play is femininity vs. masculinity. The main characters, Blanche DuBois, and Stella and Stanley Kowalski reflect the stereotypical gender roles. Stella and Stanley’s dysfunctional relationship faces even more complications when Stella’s sister, Blanche moves in temporarily. Throughout the course of this play, the Kowalski relationship is proven to be very unhealthy, due to Stella’s dependence on Stanley and Stanley’s brutality and masculinity. The author of this play, Tennessee Williams, is very famous for many of his controversial works that are based on his own personal life experiences. Growing up Tennessee Williams
There is a lot of fighting and then love making in their relationship, as well. For example, in scene three when Stanley is drunk and Stella is being loud, Stanley gets frustrated with her and throws her radio out of the window. Stanley charges at Stella when she yells at the other men to get out. “There is a sound of a blow. Stella cries out… Something is over turned with a crash” (57). Later that night Stanley forgets about everything that happened and lets out his famous, “STELL-LAHHHHH” (60)! Stella came down from upstairs they embrace each other, like nothing happened. Secondly in scene eleven when Stella sends Blanche a mental institution because she doesn’t believe Blanche when she says she was raped by Stanley, Stanley comforts Stella with sex. Like Stanley said, he is the king, and he got his way. I predict that in the future, nothing will change with Stanley and he will continue to be his aggressive self and Stella will eventually leave him for the sake of herself and her child. It will not be good for the child to be raised by parents like that. It is clear that the Kowalski relationship is proven to be very unhealthy and filled with lies. Stella’s dependence on Stanley and Stanley’s brutality leads to their weak