Streetcar Named Desire

Why Can’t Blanche and Stanley Just Get Along? In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams uses astrology and character names to further define the two main characters, Blanche and Stanley. Blanche is a Virgo, whereas Stanley is a Capricorn. Both have very different characteristics, which cannot blend with one another. It is evident that Blanche and Stanley alienate each other further because of their astrological signs; Virgos are more sensitive while Capricorns are more …

…other, since each believes that the other a threat to the achievement or maintaining of intimacy in life" (Cardullo). Bibliography "Capricorn." http://tenthouse.com/horoscope/features/c-capri.html (20 Dec. 1999) "Meanings and Origins." The Parent Soup. http://www2.parentsoup.com/babynames/baby/s.html (23 Dec. 1999) "Signs in Detail: Capricorn." http://www.astrologynow.net/caprifr.htm (22 Dec. 1999) "Signs in Detail: Virgo." http://www.astrologynow.net/virgofr.htm (22 Dec. 1999) "Virgo." http://tenthouse.com/horoscope/features/c-virgo.html (20 Dec. 1999)