stella

• scene 4 trivialises domestic violence

  'very,very ashamed + 'drawing away from her' when Blanche says Baby,by baby sister' which is the motherly role doesn't have society stella rejects, conforming notion American dream + stella sexual desire correlates with danger
• scene 8

  'shakes her head helplessly' sibilance of power imbalance, lack of choice, nuclear family in AMERICAN dream
• scene 4

  • "There are things that happen between a man and a woman in the dark—that sort of make everything else seem—unimportant." (Scene 4)
  • Analysis: Stella uses dashes in her speech to convey intimacy and complexity in her relationship with Stanley. The phrase "things that happen in the dark" is a euphemism for the passion and conflict in their marriage.