A Streetcar Named Desire - How Stella Changes

Stella is Blanche's younger sister, about twenty-five years old and of a mild disposition that visibly sets her apart from her more vulgar neighbors. In New Orleans Stella married the lower-class Stanley, with whom she shares a robust sexual relationship. Stella's union with Stanley is both animal and spiritual, violent but renewing. After Blanche's arrival, Stella is torn between staying devoted to her sister and standing by the side of her husband. Eventually, she stands …

…also be destroyed, as was exhibited in this play, by someone who puts their mind to it. This is the same thing that happened to Stella over and over again between her over-dramatic sister and her ogre-like husband. The wrong decisions were made and the right ones were to in some cases. Stella’s job was not an easy one but the decisions that she made were hers and hers alone to bear the consequences.