They open up to one another saying how they both need somebody and that they would be good for each other.

She tells him of her young husband's tendency toward homosexuality, her discovery of his secret, and his ultimate suicide. Blanche keeps up the facade of virginity, innocence, and properness. Mitch and Blanche begin to see each other frequently. They love each other very much despite Stanley's violence. She runs upstairs away from him to stay with Eunice for the evening, but later comes back to him. Stanley erupts, tears it out of the wall, and throws it out the window. While Blanche is flirting with Mitch, she turns on the radio to dance. He has never been married and lives with his sick mother, while Blanche's young husband died tragically many years ago. Mitch spots Blanche at that game and they spark a romance. Stanley has a poker game in his small flat in Elysian Fields inviting three good friends, including Mitch. Stanley tells her that Stella is pregnant.

During their first conversation/confrontation, they argue and discuss Blanche's past. Stanley wants to see the paperwork regarding the property and confronts Blanche about it. Blanche tells Stella that she has lost Belle Reve, their childhood plantation home. Stella and Stanley have strong chemistry, which fuels their love.įrom the beginning of her stay, Blanche and Stanley are at odds opposing ideals, ways of life, and each other on every minute detail of life. Stanley is from Poland, works in a factory, has little education, but is extremely passionate and handsome. Blanche is overly concerned with her appearance, cleanliness, dress, and upper-class mentality, while Stella has married someone of lower status, Stanley Kowalski. Blanche Dubois, a very proper, talkative woman from Mississippi, arrives in New Orleans to stay with her sister, Stella Kowalski.

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