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Mind Map by sophie terry, updated more than 1 year ago
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Relationships
in Streetcar
- Stanley and Stella
- Gender roles
- Stanley = masculine,
and therefore dominant
- Stanley is agressive,
violent, and abusive
- Stanley is agressive,
violent, and abusive
- Stella = feminine, and
therefore submissive
- Stella's pregnancy reinforces
the image of women as being
mothers and wives
- Stella's pregnancy reinforces
the image of women as being
mothers and wives
- Stanley = masculine,
and therefore dominant
- Blanche's influence
- Blanche's arrival threatens Stanley's
authority, and control over Stella
- Blanche's arrival threatens Stanley's
authority, and control over Stella
- Sexual relationship
- Assists in maintaining
Stanley's hold over Stella
- Used by the couple to
fix their problems
- They reunite through sex
after Stanley beats Stella
- They reunite through sex
after Stanley beats Stella
- Assists in maintaining
Stanley's hold over Stella
- Class differences
- Stella adapting to
lower-class life
- Stella attracted to Stanley's "animal"
side - a product of his class
- Stella attracted to Stanley's "animal"
side - a product of his class
- Stella adapting to
lower-class life
- Gender roles
- Stanley and Blanche
- Class differences
- Explored through
the use of language
- Blanche = high register,
educated, lyrical/poetic
- Stanley = lower register,
simple, matter of fact
- Blanche = high register,
educated, lyrical/poetic
- Causes conflict
- Blanche looks down on
Stanley, can be patronising
- Refers to Stanley as
being like an animal
- Refers to Stanley as
being like an animal
- Stanley looks down on Blanche,
due to her privelleged upbringing
- Blanche looks down on
Stanley, can be patronising
- Explored through
the use of language
- Sexual tension
- Implied sexual attraction
- Blanche's flirtatious demeanor
encourages Stanley's attraction to her
- However, she is clearly made
uncomfortable by his advances
- Perhaps resulting
in her rape
- However, she is clearly made
uncomfortable by his advances
- More of a power play for Stanley, as
he uses sex to assert his authority
- Blanche's flirtatious demeanor
encourages Stanley's attraction to her
- Implied sexual attraction
- Antagonistic towards
each other
- Their interactions with each
other are specifically designed
to incite an argument
- Blanche in particular antagonises
Stanley as she disapproves of his
relationship with Stella
- Blanche in particular antagonises
Stanley as she disapproves of his
relationship with Stella
- Their interactions with each
other are specifically designed
to incite an argument
- Class differences
- Blanche and Stella
- Sisters
- Growing apart
- Language choices
reflect this
- Blanche acts very
familiar with Stella
- "Stella, oh, Stella,
Stella! Stella for Star!"
- "Stella, oh, Stella,
Stella! Stella for Star!"
- Stella more reserved,
withdrawn
- However, she does care for Blanche
- However, she does care for Blanche
- Blanche acts very
familiar with Stella
- Blanche disapproves
of Stella's relationship
- Stella has moved
down in status
- Stella has moved
down in status
- Language choices
reflect this
- Last living members
of their family
- Feeling of obligation
towards each other
- Feeling of obligation
towards each other
- Growing apart
- Conflict
- Blanche
antagonises
Stanley
- Blanche blames Stella
for loss of Belle Reve
- Blanche stuck
in the past
- Stella starting a new life
with Stanley
- Stella starting a new life
with Stanley
- Blanche
antagonises
Stanley
- Sisters
- Mitch and Blanche
- Relationship of
convenience
- Mitch's desires to marry
before the death of his
mother
- Blanche needs a distraction
from her delusions
- Attraction is mostly
on Mitch's part
- Mitch's desires to marry
before the death of his
mother
- Class differences
- Mitch = more romantic than
Stanley, but still fairly uneducated
- Blanche carries the majority
of their conversations
- Mitch = more romantic than
Stanley, but still fairly uneducated
- Blanche's lies
- Cause conflict in the
relationship
- Ultimately results
in its ends
- Ultimately results
in its ends
- Mitch = insecure and
unexperienced in romance
- Blanche uses this to
manipulate him
- Blanche uses this to
manipulate him
- Cause conflict in the
relationship
- Mutual lonliness
- Relationship of
convenience
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