Street Car Named Desire

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Victory is one of the hardest things for one to achieve in life, it is not only getting what you want, but doing it by overcoming an obstacle. When one is victorious everything they receive what they were fighting for. Most of the time people are able to achive partial victory but end up being a victim. When someone is a victim they don't get what they want and are subjected to some kind of torment. Victims compose most of the world weather one is a victim emotionally, socially, or physically. In Tennessee Whillams "A Streetcar Named Desire" Mitch, Stanley, Stella and Blanch are all parcial victors but in the end there are no victors only victims.

Mitch does not want much in his life other then getting married would be a big victory in his life. Mitch's mother is dying and her last wish is to see her son Mitch married, so that when she dies, her son is taken care of. This is a hard for Mitch to do because he has many things going against him in trying to get a wife. He is already a middle-aged man, this means there is a lack of women for him to marry. Most of the women who were not married at this age were not " marriage material". He also does not have experience in dating so it is hard for him

Stella is a victim of circumstances, she is not the cause of the problems that encompass her life. She is left with all of these problems that were created by Stanley and Blanch. Although she doesn't believe that Stanley raped Blanch in the back of her mind there is some doubt. She also sees a different side of Stanley that is not the loving young boy but a violent man. Stella's is left with all of the problems left behind to take care of. As well as left with the fact that she did not help her sister, but make her problems even greater then they were before.

Even though Mitch seems as though he is going to achieve his goal he ultimately becomes a victim. Mitch thinks that Blanch is a refined lady with strong morals, when in reality she really has a very shady past. Blanch is able to trick Mitch into believing this by acting a certain way towards him. Saying "Its not the kiss I objected to. It was the other familiarity that I felt obliged to discourage. Mitch and Blanch go well together and are about to married until Mitch is told of Blanches past. Stanley tells Mitch of Blanches past of prostitution and statutory rape. Mitch at first denies these stories and nobly defends his wife to be. But after checking on Stanley's accusations him self he learns that the stories are true. Mitch became a victim of Blanches lies, he lost his last chance to fulfil his mothers wish. In addition to that he also is made a fool in front of his friends because he did not believe Stanley. Even though Mitch came close to achieving his goal he was unable to do it and is a victim.

Stella's goals are all based on helping others, she wants to help Blanch with her problems and make living conditions and tensions with Stanley work. The first thing she does to help her sister is to welcome her into home and tries to see what is wrong with her. Listening and supporting her financially by letting her stay at her house and treating her like she was a very important person is her solution to the problem. Because of this Stella thinks that she is victorious in her goal. But by letting Blanch stay in her house, she is making Stanley angry. The clash in lifestyles and personalities between Stanley and Blanch lead to tension in the house. Constant verbal attacks from Stanley make Stella's job of helping Blanch very difficult. In the end all of the verbal attacks lead to Stanley's rape of Blanch. This only adds to Blanch's problems until it is impossible for Stella to help her sister. She was unable to help her and is not victorious in her goal.

Blanch has a very hard life and her goal is to try and escape the hardships she faced right before this play takes place. She wants to move on with her life, she does this

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Approximate Word count = 1838
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English