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How does Tennessee Williams show conflict between Blanche and Stanley? A Streetcar Named Desire is a web of complex themes and conflicted characters. Set in New Orleans immediately following World War II, Tennessee Williams infuses Blanche and Stanley with the symbols of opposing class and differing attitudes towards sex and love. Yet there are no clear cut lines of good vs. evil, no character is neither completely good nor bad, because the main characters, especially Blanche, are so torn by conflicting and contradictory desires and needs. The most obvious difference between Blanche and Stanley is one of social background. Whereas Blanche comes from an old Southern family and was raised to see her self as socially elite, Stanley comes from an immigrant family and is a proud member of the working class. They meet one another in the socially turbulent post war period in New Orleans, one of America's most...

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