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A Streetcar of Desire and Hedda Gabler (Themes (Masculinity (Stanley,…

- - - - Sees herself and Stella as being aristocratic, and finds Elysian Fields to be low-class.
        
        "Why, that you had to live in these conditions!" (1, 12)
- - - - Trapped in the illusion of how a "lady" ought to act, Blanche is flirtatious, manipulative woman who is unwilling or unable to face the harsh light of her reality: she is no longer the virginal Southern Belle she once was. Having committed a series of sordid acts before arriving at Elysian fields, Blanche seeks financial stability as her last chance at forgetting the past and merging her "illusion" with reality.
    - - If Blanche represents the romantic, poetic past of plantations and elitist circles, Stanley represents the urban, industrial present. He is a practical, driven figure that works hard for what he wants, such as Stella; He is the embodiment of the American dream. However, his ambition and brash personality makes him a dangerous figure when Blanche challenges his dominant position in the household
  - - - Childish and bored by a marital live that doesn't live up to her expectations, she feels contempt towards everyone in the delusion that she still is the "General's daughter". She is preoccupied by ideals of glory and beauty and what life should be
    - - Representative of the "new woman". She strives to live authentically by being with Lovborg. Despite what society thinks of her, she stays naively loyal until she no longer has power over how he lives his life