How does williams present stanley

Thus when the basic man, such as Stanley, feels threatened, he must strike back. It is a survival of the fittest. Stanley first feels the threat when he finds out that Belle Reve has been lost. He does not care for Belle Reve as a bit of ancestral property, but, instead, he feels that a part of it is his.

If his wife has been swindled, he has been swindled. He has lost property, something that belonged to him. He probes into the problem without tact or diplomacy.

He goes straight to the truth without any shortcuts. His only concern is to discover whether he has been cheated. He does not concern himself with the feelings of Blanche. He wants only to force the issue to its completion. Stanley feels the first threat to his marriage after the big fight he has with Stella after the poker game. He knows that this would not have occurred if Blanche had not been present. It is her presence which is causing the dissension between him and his wife.

Then the following morning when he overhears himself being referred to as bestial, common, brutal, and a survivor of the Stone Age, he is justifiably enraged against Blanche. He resents her superior attitude and bides his time. Throughout Blanche's stay at his house, he feels that she has drunk his liquor, eaten his food, used his house, but still has belittled him and has opposed him. She has never conceded to him his right to be the "king" in his own house.

Othello: Corruption and Prejudice. I love all of the points you made. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. Name required. Follow Following. The portrayal of Stanley represents the realism of men and their role in society at the time. It was extremely controversial at the time and theatres did not go into detail of what Williams was trying to portray.

Men were expected to be masculine and overpowering and this is presented by the actions and language that Stanley uses. Stanley also represents the New American ideologies, he is powerful, strong and fought for his country and this is what Stanley expected all men to have done at the time.

The entire idea of the play being set in one place and there being little or no change in location also conforms to the idea that Williams wanted people to focus more on just the story of the play and instead look into the symbolism of small elements in the play such as the lighting or music used. Not only does it present masculinity and power but it also works as a symbolism for the change in behaviour of Stanley.

The poker game is a tense game and therefore adds to the tense atmosphere. The table is filled with objects associated with masculinity such as "card, chips and whisky". The echoing of these scenes shows that Stanley is in complete control and the lack of change in environment presents this. Williams therefore shows at regular intervals within the play that Stanley is the same person throughout; he seems to control the plays structure.

Furthermore, the "center of his life has been pleasure with women. Thus part of the later conflict is that Blanche can never in any sense of the word be his. She lives in his house, eats his food, drinks his liquor, criticizes his life, and so forth, but she is never his. Blanche's refusal will later help us understand the reasons for the brutal rape. Essentially, the play can be read as a series of encounters between the Kowalski world and the Blanche DuBois world.

Each of these encounters will intensify with each subsequent meeting. The first encounter occurs at the end of Scene 1. The overly sensitive Blanche must introduce herself to Stanley, who immediately offers her a drink after he notices that the bottle has been touched. He takes off his shirt and makes a shady remark to Stella, who is in the bathroom.

He then asks Blanche some pointed questions which end with an inquiry about her earlier marriage. By the end of the first encounter, Blanche is feeling sick. Thus, Stanley's rough, common, brutal questions end by hitting on the most sensitive aspect of Blanche's past life — her marriage with the young boy. Stanley's animalism almost destroys Blanche's sensibilities even in this first meeting. Thus the conflict is between the oversensitive aristocratic world of Blanche and the brutal, realistic, present-day world represented by Stanley.

But as an afternote, it should be added that Stanley is the type of person who likes his "cards on the table. Previous Character List. Next Scene 2. Removing book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title. Are you sure you want to remove bookConfirmation and any corresponding bookmarks?