Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire Clip 3

Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire Clip 4

Themes of the Play:

• Dependence. Blanche depends on the Kowalski's for support. Stella depends on Stanley for love and monetary support. Mitch depends on Blanche for companionship after his mother dies.
• Money. Blanche finds keeping the appearance of luxury very important. Stanley wants to make sure Blanche isn't cheating him out of money.
• Moving On. Stella tries to move on after leaving Belle Reve. Blanche tries to find new love after her first husband kills himself. Stanley tries to apologize for his rough action and forget them.
• Death. Blanche's husband kills himself. Many of the DuBois have already died. Mitch's only love had died, and his mother is about to die.
• Making the best of what you've got. Blanche must forget her past and find new happiness. Stella has accepted her less luxurious surrounding upon marrying Stanley. Many people in her apartment building must deal with physical abuse, Stella included.
• Superiority. Blanche constantly looks down on Stanley, and the general surroundings.
• Desperation. Blanche only comes to Elysian Fields because she has to. Mitch is rushing things with Blanche because his mother is about to die.
• Pretense. Blanche fools everyone into thinking she's better than she is. Stanley pretends he hasn't heard anything Blanche said about him. Blanche tried to pretend her husband wasn't gay. (Source)