Stanleys
desire is to keep the status quo in his home, which allows him the freedom to express his
masculinity. He enjoys his life in his New Orleans tenement, where he lives with his pregnant
wife, Stella. When his regular poker games become loud and uncourteous, Stanley knows that
Stella will tolerate them in an attempt to keep her husband happy.
This
balance is immediately damaged by the arrival of Stellas older sister, Blanche DuBois, from the
more rural town of Laurel, Mississippi. Stella and Blanche come from wealthy, high-class
Southern society, and while Stella is ostensibly happy in the tenement, Blanche is not, and her
presence immediately disrupts Stanleys desire.
During the first poker party
after her arrival, Blanches questions and interruptions make Stanley angry, and he drunkenly
strikes Stella. After briefly retreating to the upstairs neighbor, Stella returns to Stanley,
and the couple go to bed together. Blanche is horrified by the violence and cannot...
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