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How does Tennessee Williams build dramatic tension in scenes 3 and 4 of A Streetcar Named Desire? A Streetcar Named Desire is the story of Blanche Dubois, a fragile, neurotic woman, in desperate search for a place where she can belong. Circumstances lead to her arriving at her sister Stella's home in New Orleans. Unfortunately Blanche does not get on at all well with Stella's husband, Stanley, and the difference between them provides a lot of the dramatic tension overall in the play. Whilst Blanche and Stanley are the two major opposing sides, Stella is stuck in the middle. The story is about which person will win; who is the stronger element, Blanche or Stanley? The winner gets Stella, but whoever loses will have to leave. The play covers many themes, including love, violence, death, vanity, mental instability, sense of social status, racism, sexism and snobbery. There is also the topic of illusion...

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