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How do the characters attitudes to sex and sexuality create dramatic conflict in 'A Streetcar Named Desire?'
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How do the characters attitudes to sex and sexuality create dramatic conflict in 'A Streetcar Named Desire?' In Tennessee Williams' 'A Streetcar Named Desire', the attitudes towards sex and sexuality, prominently shown through Blanche and Stanley, create dramatic conflict in the play. Blanche has had an eventful past, and it is particularly the knowledge that she caused the suicide of her husband that consumes her. Her guilt seems to have been transferred to sexual feelings, and the way these feelings are acted upon cause several instances of dramatic conflict, primarily that between herself and Stanley. Her past also creates conflict between herself and Stella, as she has never experienced the lasting physical relationship her and Stanley have due to her own brief sexual experiences, which are a complete contrast. It is also through degrading herself sexually that Mitch finally rejects her, when he finds out the truth about her past and...
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