Stanley’s actions in the middle of the play show a more cantankerous attitude towards Blanche. Stanley, bringing up her past experiences with men whom she’s known, and revealing her true financial status to both Stella and Mitch truly reflect a detest for his sister-in-law. Although Blanche suffered an unfortunate marriage, her behavior with other men in Laurel, Mississippi justify the foul mood Stanley always shows toward her to an extent. If you look at Stanley’s actions as being defensive of his family, I can understand his feelings. He’s expecting to become a father and doesn’t want someone of poor character, in his mind, to influence his child. But Stanley isn’t perfect either, as his alcoholism was clearly displayed earlier in the play amidst the argument with Stella. Stanley’s true feelings towards both his family and Blanche I think are still to be reveled. A defensive, detest sort of duality Stanley may have intrigued me about his good friend Mitch.
Mitch was informed of Blanche’s previous actions in Laurel, and yet still wanted to be with Blanche. He wanted to see her face in full light, despite her age. Their passion for each other seemed to be unquestionable at that point but what Mitch said after the lights were put on made me question which relationship in the book would truly blossom. When Mitch said Blanche “was not fit to live with my mother”, I was shocked and immediately came to rethink if he was truly in love with Blanche, looking for a short term relationship, or just drunk.
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Gab Mitch and Blanche were never meant to be with each other they never loved each other, its so werid to me that you saw them as loving couple. I saw them as two people that needed each other because they were miserable. Mitch realized that it was a "fake" realtionship and knew Blanche was too weak to ever deal with his mother.
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