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"Stanley has little option but to destroy Blanche" With close reference to the characters and their motives, to what extent do you agree with this statement?
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Will Higgins "Stanley has little option but to destroy Blanche" With close reference to the characters and their motives, to what extent do you agree with this statement? I feel that I am in strong agreement with this statement. Blanche interfered with Stanley's lifestyle, and he had little choice but to remove her from his world 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 herself 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 postwar period in New Orleans, one of America's most diverse cities, and the facts point towards a turbulent relationship will occur between the two. Each represents values that are antagonistic to the other's chance at success in the modern world. Blanche invades Stanley's territory...
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