The second time we see violence coming from Stanley was right after throwing the radio out the window. Stella got in his way yelling and him already drunk and furious he goes after her and hits her. Although he was drunk he should have never laid hands on his wife acknowledging her pregnancy. He caused all this commotion to scare Blanche away and so she can leave out their lives. There was a time when he said to Stella that they were going to be happy again after the baby was born and Blanche was gone. He knew that Blanche would fill Stella’s head with things against him. Like Stella and Blanche were from a different social class he had a feeling of inferiority. But He was right; Blanche once told her sister she was horrified of where she lived. Ever since Blanche came along Stella began to act different. There was an incident in which again Stanley broke out in a rage but this time it was Stella’s fault. It took place during the dinner she had prepared in celebration for Blanche’s birthday. Stanley was shoveling the food in his mouth like a beast and Stella says “Mr. Kowalski is too busy making a pig of himself to think anything else!” (1725). There she embarrassed him and called him a pig. The second time she tell him “Your face and finger are disgustingly greasy. Go and wash up and help clear the table” (1725). Here not only she called him disgusting but she gave him an order, something she might have never done if they were together alone. There are no justifications for man to hit women and less of all if she is expecting a baby. There many other ways to get rid of a person who you think may interfere with your life, but surely not the way he did. Stanley didn’t know how to handle the situation without the use of violence.
The third time we see one of Stanley’s act of cruelty was when he raped Blanche while Stella was in labor. Again Stanley gives the reader the idea that he is a ferocious and rapacious beast and that he need psychological help along with Blanche. Anyone who rapes someone else is a beast with sick mind. Stanley also knew she wasn’t well, especially after finding out everything she has gone through in her past; he still took advantage of her. The death of her husband, father, mother and Margaret, loosing Belle Reeve, and certain action she took that gave her a bad reputation all were contributions to her mental state. Why would someone rape a poor lunatic woman, when he had a lovely wife who had so much passion and sexual need for him? He also felt that passion for her. After the poker night incident, he shows that feeling for his wife too right after she runs to Eunice’s apt to get away from him, that’s when we see the famous scene when he stands outside and yells “Stella, Stella , Stella”(1701). We can get the idea that their love goes beyond everything and their, passion for each other can drive them crazy.
Many say Stanley and Blanche had something for each other. He didn’t feel
anything for her. Then why he did all these things? He feared she was going to interfere
with his marriage, that she would talk some sense into Stella, and it was true, many times Blanche described him as a dirty Polack. Stella’s passion for Stanley blinded her, and she didn’t really see the animal in him. Stanley tried everything to get rid of Blanche but nothing worked, lastly he did the worsted thing a human being could do to another, rape. He knew no one would believe poor Blanche, which everyone would think she just jealous of their love, which in a way she was, but still she wasn’t in her right state of mind. Stanley of course saw this as a great opportunity to send Blanche away.
Although Stella’s passion for Stanley was so powerful at the end she realized that it was true, he was an animal, and he took advantage of the whole situation. He thought he was so macho, and the he can get away with doing these atrocities .Stella had a lot of fault too because she should have known her sister wasn’t well, and she should have helped her. She should have never allowed him to treat her sister that, because he acted like an animal in every way. In a way I can compare Stanley with the character of Iago from the Shakespearean play “Othello”. Both of them had an inner anger. Iago caused Othello to kill his wife Desdemona, and Stanley caused Blanche to loose her mind completely, and all cause of jealousy.
