A review by daninithepanini
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

when i finished reading this play last night, I was a little disappointed with the ending, but this morning I see it somewhat differently and I’m very conflicted. It’s tragic, and yes, feels somewhat inconclusive, but I think that’s how it’s supposed to be—it’s a story of women’s futures being withheld by the society they lived in. Women, like Stella, stopping other women from living their future (incoming trigger and spoiler)

because she doesn’t want to believe her husband raped her sister? It’s awful, I hate it, I hate her,  and I don’t even know where this review is going anymore. But she’s just incredibly manipulated by the society she lives in— she continues to live with Stanley even after all the domestic violence toward both her and her sister. Unfortunately, this is not the kind of girls supporting girls ending I, and most modern-day people would have wanted and expected. But it just makes the play all the more impactful.