A street car named desire 1st draft

In the play, " A Street Car Named Desire" by, Tennesse Williams he uses symbolism to illustrate the similarities and differences between the characters Stanley and Blanche.

Blanche is a main character in the play and portrayed as pure and innocent. The author even goes as far as telling the reader how elegant she was dressed and how delicate the fabric was, in the beginning of the play. Tennesse Williams says, "her appearance is incongruous to the setting. She looks as if she were arriving at a summer tea or cocktail party in the garden district." (7) To the reader this implies Blanche is this pure and innocent butterfly because she is dressed in this "perfect" attire but, she is clearly overdressed making the reader assume she is in a dirty environment. Giving the impression that the environment is dirty and rough makes the reader assume Blanche is out of place and has no business being there. However, in the following sentence, after describing Blanche's beautiful appearance the author contradicts the character by calling her a moth. " There is something about her uncertain manner that suggest a moth." (7)A moth is defined as, " ...aren't pretty lil' butterflies at all... they are ugly yet clever little turds who find their way into your room at night." I believe in the beginning of the play Tennesse Williams uses a butterfly to define Blanche in order to foreshadow her other side symbolized by a moth. Blanche does turn out to be an sneaky and secretive woman who uses her body to manipulate men to get what she wants.
Stanley Kowalski is Blanche's brother in law and the first man she tried to manipulate with her "moth" ways. Stanley was portrayed as the macho man. In the beginning of the play it starts off with Stanley yelling at his wife. Stanley then, threw a package of meat covered in blood at his wife. " Stanely: tossing a package of meat, covered with blood, to Stella. Catch!" (6) Although, the author did not use direct symbolism with Stanley like Blanche, he uses actions to to imply what characteristics Stanley resembles, a caveman. Stanley like a caveman is ignorant to the outside world. Throughout, the play no matter how much his wife Stella tried to convince him of how much of a good person her sister Blanche was he could not comprehend because he was so stuck on the way he saw her. Likewise, a caveman was known for not wearing a shirt. Stanley first action he did in the play was take his shirt off he says, " my shirt is sticking to me. Do you mind if I make myself comfortable ?" (18) As you can see Stanley felt most comfortable with his caveman mentality, walking around without a shirt, yelling and living off red meat.