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Explore the ways in which Williams uses the contrast between Blanche and Stanley to represent different aspects of American Society.
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Explore the ways in which Williams uses the contrast between Blanche and Stanley to represent different aspects of American Society. . . The two main characters of this play, Stanley and Blanche both represent different aspects of American society. Blanche represents Old America with its bigoted and discriminating ways while Stanley represents the new era of America which is composed of upwardly mobile immigrants and where success is something that is achieved, not something someone is born into. The two characters contrast and clash as the play proceeds until the new dominates over the old. As soon as Blanche arrives in Elysian Fields she clashes with the surroundings 'looking as if she were arriving at a summer tea or cocktail party in the garden district' and carrying her 'valise.' Her virginal 'white suit with a fluffy bodice' contrasts with the 'weathered grey' of the surrounding buildings. Straight away she is in conflict...
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