A Streetcar Named Desire Marriage Quotes

The first thing the audience sees in Streetcar is the dynamic between Stanley and Stella – not the relationship between the two sisters or the sexual tension between Stanley and Blanche. This marriage and its foundations are at the core of the play’s conflicts.

Mitch will later tell Blanche that Stella and Stanley are just crazy about each other, but we get a sense of this mutual adoration early on in the play. Stella dotes on her husband to the point of worship.

Love blinds Stella to the social differences between herself and her husband. She doesn’t see the compatibility issues that Blanche does.