What underlying tensions in America society are relevant by the confrontation between Stanley and Blanche in the scene 2 of A Streetcar named Desire?

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What underlying tensions in America society are relevant by the confrontation between Stanley and Blanche in the scene 2 of A Streetcar named Desire?

A domestic tragedy is a play in which the protagonists are ordinary middle-class people or lower-class people. This subgenre contrasts with the classical tragedy in which the protagonists are of aristocratic rank and their downfall is an affair of state as well as a personal matter.

“A Streetcar named Desire” is a domestic tragedy written in 1947 by Tennessee Williams, which tell the story of the fight between two human beings belonging to  very different social classes: Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. Blanche DoBois is a pretentious, refined, fading relic of the Old South while as Stanley is a raising member of the industrial, urban immigrant class.

The dramatic climax of Scene 2 is the first clash between Blanche and Stanley. It is well prepared for in the dialogue between Stanley and Stella, which builds up the tension. Not for the last time, Blanche is soaking in the bathtub, oblivious to what is going on in the other room. When she comes out, she reveals a little more of her personality by flirting with Stanley and lashing out in sexual ways. The sexual tension between Blanche and Stanley from the moment they first meet. They are alone together. He takes off his shirt because he wants to be “comfortable.” While Blanche pretends to be OK with this, we know later that such informalities in fact make her uncomfortable.

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 Later, there is the constant proximity of Blanche to Stanley and Stella’s bed, which is more tension for all. When Stanley rifles through the personal things in Blanche’s trunk, it is as though he is violating her as well.

The scene when Stanley yells at Stella to come back to him and make love, Blanch notices Stanley’s wild part and how he uses his aggressive sexuality to get what he wants.

 Blanche uses sex to seek refuge from destruction, unaware that she is simply causing more disaster in the process. She pursues Mitch and flirts with Stanley hoping to ...

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