Both Blanche and Stanley both desire similar things in the play. They want stability and power. Blanche desires power over men, using her attractive figure and flirty nature to lure and control them. Stanley desires the same over women. He shows his power when he demands Stella's presence even after striking her and when he rapes Blanche after revealing her lies. Blanche tells her lies because she is driven by the desire for power. She knows that in order to control men the way she does, she has to seem sexy but somewhat innocent. Blanche puts out a constant effort to stay out of the light and hide her age and lies about her past. Stanley shows his desire for power when he reveals all of Blanche's lies and rapes her.
On the other hand they both want a peaceful life. Stanley desires a healthy relationship with Stella. With a newborn baby boy, Stanley desires to be a good father figure. Blanche desires a relationship like the one she once had with Alan. She wants steady relationship with Mitch so bad that she puts her sexual desires aside.
Hey Nathan, for your first paragraph it looks like your heading in the right track of explaining the Desires that Blanche and Stanley go through. Although it would of been better if you could of provided more evidence on how Stanley and Blanche compare with each others Desires. In addition, you should of incorporated an extra paragraph discussing some other issue's of desires that come across Blanche and Stanley.
ReplyDeleteI agree that both Stanley and Blanche desires are similar in some ways and different in others. However i am not quite sure if Blanche really wants to "control" men in any sense, at least after her arrival at Stella's apartment. I think she only wanted someone who could provide her with the shelter and comfort she lost all those years. Seeing her being dumped by Mitch was a really sad part for the readers, since he alone could have saved her from being sent to the institution
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