4. Blenche vs Stanley
Different behavior pattern and language
Dress & T-shirts / Whiskey & Beer /
refined language & rough language
Poetry & Poker ……
Different way of thinking and values
Blenche : … Our ways of life are too different. Our attitude and our
backgrounds are incompatible. We have to be realistic about
such things.
5. Blenche vs Stanley
Intervene in
a new culture
And attack them
Oppose to Stella’s marriage
Temptation of Mitch
Insulting to Stanley
Culture crash
Culture invasion
6. Blenche vs Stanley
Protector
Protect his culture
Protect his family
Distrust about her property
Search about her past at Laurel
Give her bus ticket to Laurel
7. Blenche vs Stanley
Blenche
Stanley
Hot baths
Cold showers
Moth
Predator
Feminine fragility
Masculine virility
Poetry
Poker
Decadence
Strength
Streetcar
Locomotive
Soul
Body
8. Symbolism of Color
White
‘Blenche’ means ‘white’ in French
Blenche’s white gorgeous dress
Corruption by sexual desire
Preference about white that means virginity
Blue
The sky of New-Orleans seems like turquoise
Stanley’s blue working uniform
Background music ‘Blue piano’
Alive and rumbustious culture
Spirit of New-Orleans people
9. other symbols
Belle reve
Means ‘Beautiful dream’ in French
Grammatical mistake
‘Belle’ is feminine adjective, but ‘reve’ is male noun
Blenche’s false image about ‘beautiful dream’
Lights
Blenche avoid direct lights(bulb, sunshine)
Reality of Blenche’s past
Blenche believe her illusion than a reality
Bathing
Way to purge
For Blenche : purge sexual corrupt past
For Stanley : purge his misdeed after beating Stella
