A Streetcar Named Desire Gender Roles Essay

We were raised in a world where roles have a great impact on people’s perspective. In the play A Streetcar Named Desire, the character Stanley Kowalski is an extremely fit person, when in regards to physical characteristics. Opposing to these characteristics, some other qualities compensate for his absence of financial achievements. Stanley’s emotional instabilities leads to harsh attitudes towards his wife, he wants to have power at all times and show that he is the one who has command over every aspect in their home. On the other hand, Stella (Stanley’s wife), is a very calm individual. She is normally the lady that deals with the house and attempt her best for everything to maintain clean and steady. Lack of patience in her life occurs only when it regards to her sister Blanche, which stresses her with small things. Women is seen as weak in this story due to the way Stanley refers to women, Stella’s submission to her husband, and also the vulnerability of women in the story. Since World War II, the role of women has changed drastically over time. They acquired a new position and that is clearly shown in the play A Streetcar Named Desire, some of the characters did not evolve their way of thinking and looking at situations. Having the

All of the situations that were very prejudicial in her life instead of making her a very strong woman, made her fragile and weak. Since she has a change in her life was something constant, she had to use different techniques to settle her mind. Something that was another factor to her vulnerability were all the deaths that went on in her family and she did not hesitate to express her sadness and unwillingness. When she grumbled to her sister: “All of those deaths! The long parade of the graveyard! Father, mother. . .”(Williams 21), shows how different they are. After this issue, Mitch was the main problem she faced in