A Streetcar Named Desire-Themes

A Streetcar Named Desire-Themes

1. The role of women

2. Division of North and South

   • The North is the new views of America where they are accepting of the stereotypical outcasts in society
     • Represented by Stanley
   • The South hold traditional, elitist views that reject the acceptance of people who are socially different
     • Represented by Blanche

3. Sexual discrimination and abuse

4. Desire

5. Mental Health

6. Fantasy's inability to overcome reality

7. relationship between sex and death

8. Dependence on men