Thursday, March 19, 2009
A Streetcar named Desire
Beginning in chapter 2, we see that Stella and Stanley start getting in a small argument about Stanley talking to Blanche about Belle Reve. The tensions are already high in the house because of this altercation, but then towards the end of chapter 3, they get taken to the next level. At 2:30 in the morning, the poker game with the men is still going on, and it is making both Stanley and Stella even madder. Stella stayed out extremely late so that when she got back to the house the poker game would already be over, but to her surprise it was still up and running strong. Stanley was annoyed that Stella was back already, and continued to get mad at her when she was talking and turing on the radio. He kept screaming at her and telling her to be quiet and leave, when she had no place to go really because it was 2:30 in the morning. Stanley's drunkenness and anger gets the best of him, and all of the sudden he is beating Stella. We have seen some verbal violence before this incident, but this is the first time we have actually seen Stanley hit Stella. After he realizes what he is done he soon feels bad about it and wants Stella to come back home, and Mitch goes on to tell Blanche that she most likely will because they love each other so much. The way Mitch puts it off as not such a big deal shows that it has probably happened before.
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2 comments:
Abbey well done, your blog was filled with information. I especially liked how you said the time of day, 2:30. That really helped the reader to know the tension and overall mood of the house. Drunk men beating their pregnant wife's is never a good thing and i think we really are seeing a newer side of Stanley than in Scene one. Great Job Abbey!
I agree with Drew on the blog, it was very well done. I think that by giving away the fact that Stanley beats his wife, we enter a whole new phase of the book. No longer is Stanley seen as the great, innocent character that the women talk about in the first chapter. Now he is a brute with violent emotions.
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