Street Car Named Desire

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In the Street Car Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, Stanley Kowalski
displays his brutality in many ways. This classical play is about Blanche
Dubois’s visit to Elysian Fields and her encounters with her sister’s brutal and
arrogant husband, Stanley Kowalski, and the reveling truth of why Blanche
really came. Stanley Kowalski is a very brutal and barbaric person who always
has to feel that no one is better than him. His brutish and ferocious actions
during the play leave the reader with a bad taste in their mouths. Stanley’s
brutality is shown in several places during the duration of The Street Car
Named Desire . For example, his first array of brutality is evident at the poker
night when he gets so angry and throws the radio out the window. Another
example of his brutality is displayed when he beats his wife, Stella. Lastly, his
arrogance and ferocious actions are most apparent when he rapes Blanche,
while his wife is in labor in the hospital. Stanley Kowalski’s first exhibition of
his brutal actions occurs at poker night. Blanche turns on the radio, but
Stanley demands her to turn it off. Blanche refuses and so Stanley gets up
himself and turns it off himself. When Stanley’s friend, Mitch, drops out of the
game to talk to Blanche, Stanley gets upset and heeven gets more upset when
Blanche flicks on the radio. Due to the music being on, Stanley, in a rage,
stalks in the room and grabs the radio and throws it out the window. His friends
immediately jump up, and then they drag him to the shower to try to sober him
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