Scene 4 Questions

Scene 4

Why is Stella Sort of thrilled by Stanley’s Violence?

Stella is sort of thrilled by Stanley’s violence because she could have got used to it by now. The amount of time she has spent with Stanley could have led her to find it weird when he is not angry, this shows us that Stella has adapted to Stanley and his ways and this represents true love, she has sacrificed her normal life for Stanley’s anger filled life. We can see Stella is thrilled by Stanley’s violence because when she tells Blanche about her wedding day she also tells her that Stanley broke all the light bulbs with his hands and that she was sort of thrilled by this. This shows that she is not ashamed of telling Stanley’s bad points to others and also she could be taking Stanley’s anger in a positive way, she may just like it.

Statements which sum up Stanley and Stella’s relationship

Stella, it does gonna be all right after she [Blanche] goes and after you've had the baby. It's gonna be all right again between you and me the way it was. You remember that way that it was? Them nights we had together? God, honey, it's gonna be sweet when we can make noise in the night the way that we used to and get the colored lights going with nobody's sister behind the curtains to hear us!" (8.55)

This Quote to me sums up Stanley and Stella’s relationship easily. Stanley as we can see throughout the play , plays the role of the strong male character throughout the play, he sees himself as the head of the household and the most important , he thinks of stella as the homemaker, expecting her to stay at home and cooks his meals and just generally takes care of him. Despite anything he does he expects Stella to still respect him. This is typical of men , during the time the play was written , it links to the context. 

Coming back to the quote, we can see that the most important thing for Stanley and Stella’s relationship is sex; they both find it a very important part of their lives and relationship. From the statement we can also assume that Stanley finds Blanche to be a burden on them and they don’t like having her here because she is having an effect on their sex life.

What is Blanches plan for the future?

Blanche dreams of having a happily married life with Mitch and she dreams of living with him as his wife. Also she does this to remove her memories and for once she wants to settle down with a normal life leaving the past behind her and making a new beginning.

Blanche and Stella streetcar discussion?

I think the use of the word desire plays a big role in the streetcar named desire, it relates very well to Blanches character she gives into desire very quickly and she desires a lot of things. The name of the play which contains desire could be foreshadowing.