Characters
A high school english teacher forced to quit and flee the town
Blanche DuBois
"STELL-LAHHHHH"
Stanley
A Streetcar Named Desire
Varsouviana Polka
Blanche/the night her husband killed himself
A mother who changes social status for... love?
Stella DuBois
"Stanley, tell us a joke, tell us a funny story to make us all laugh. I don't know what's the matter, we're all so solemn. Is it because I've been stood up by my beau?"
Blanche
This famous actor played "Stanley" in the 1951 movie adaptation of Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire
Marlon Brando
Baths/bathing
Blanche/Blanche's desire to cleanse herself of her past.
A sensitive mama's boy
Mitch
"I never met a woman that didn't know if she was good-looking or not without being told, and some of them give themselves credit for more than they've got"
Stanley
The full name of Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier Williams
Alcohol
Blanche: an escape mechanism to dull her guilt and anxiety
Stanley: his toxic masculinity and fuel for aggression
Although never seen on stage, he's integral to to collapse of a main character
Allan Grey
"I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action"
Stella
Williams' cause of death
Accidental drug-related choking
Paper Lantern
Represents Blanche’s attempt to mask both her sordid past and her present appearance
Steve (Eunice's husband)
"Miss DuBois"
The Doctor
This man was Williams' first eternal love
Frank Merlo
The Streetcar
The power of desire as the driving force behind the characters’ actions