A Streetcar Named Desire Alternation of Stella
A Streetcar Named Desire - Alternation of StellaStella fled from the room after being smacked by Stanley, for her it was a regular occurrence she knew that she had stepped out of line when she was talking to Stanley, Stella had seen the smack coming. But for Blanche it was something new to see, she had never been struck by a man, had never seen a woman being struck by a man and couldn’t understand why this barbarian, this ape had struck her sister. The question though was, why had Stella run? Was it because her sister was present and she was ashamed of the relationship that she had with her husband? Or was it because she was sick of being smacked around by her husband? In either component the next morning Stella was back and acting as though nothing had happened between her and her tyrant husband. In Tennessee Williams’ play “A Streetcar Named Desire” Blanche and Stella had a perplex relationship, Stella was often torn between the allegiance to her husband and the devotion to her sister. It was often the devotion that she chose , when Stanley began to figure Blanche out was when the alternation of Stella’s devotion began.
The beginning of Stella’s alternation of devotion started when Stanley came to Stella with the tidings that he had learned of Blanche’s reputation from the hotel Flamingo when she used to live at Belle Reve. Without a doubt Stella wanted and did at first accredit everything that her sister told her. This is understandable because they grew up together, she wanted to trust in Blanche and swallow the things that she told her but, it wasn’t that easy! Stanley asked Blanche one day when Stella was not in the room if she knew a man by the name of Shaw, to which her reply was “Why everyone knows somebody named Shaw!” (77) One of the many of her replies meant to turn the questions away from herself and a poor attempt to change the subject. He continued to tell her how the man said he knew her from a place called the Flamingo. Of course she said that she didn’t know what he was talking about and that the man must have her confused
with someone else. Even though she knew very well that he did not. But Stanley had already began to see through Blanche. He didn’t believe her and his actions directly after the conversation showed that to be true as he left the house and Stella entered the room again conveniently missing the entire conversation and asked for a kiss his reply was “Not in front of your sister.” (79) From that moment on Stanley showed harsh feelings toward Blanche and that was confusing for Stella. It was because he had known her for only a short time...
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