When I began reading "A Streetcar Named Desire", Blanche already made a very strong impression on me. Blanche comes off as a Beautiful southern belle who is very opinionated, talkative, and a bit superficial. However when the author introduces the adversities she had to face back on her family plantation such as the death of her family, the reader begins to sympathize and pity Blanche's character.
From the moment that they met, Blanche and Stanley don't seem as if they are the best of friends. It seems Stanley lacks the manners and etiquette that Blanche is used to seeing in men born in higher socioeconomic classes. Relations become increasingly tense when Stanley inquires about documents related to the loss of Blanche and Stella's Family plantation. Although Stanley is suspicious of Blanche, I feel that she is completely innocent and that she doesn't deserve to be judged so harshly.
I was shocked when Stanley hit Stella during the poker game at their house. I didn't expect Stanley to be the type that hits his wife. Stella's and Stanley's relationship seemed complicated to me when I read scenes three to four. Ironically, although Stanley becomes abusive from time to time, She is very forgiving and still loves him dearly. While reading the introduction I noticed that Tennessee Williams intended the title of the book to be called " The Poker Night" but instead changed it to "A Streetcar Name Desire". What is so symbolic about the poker night? I hope to find the answer as I read further into the book.
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It's interesting that the original title of the book was supposed to be The Poker Night. As we all read later on in the book, the poker night is significant because it shows Stanley's true abusive personality. Also if you realized, the very end of the book while they're taking Blanche away to the mental institution, the very last line of the book is Steve, one of Stanley's friends, introducing a new game of poker. It's significant in the beginning, and end of the book.
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