[Insert hook] In the Pulitzer Prize - winning play, A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, the author uses many literary criticisms, such as feminism, marxism, and psychoanalytical, to enhance the importance of each character's actions in order to create a masterpiece that consumes you instantly.

Feminism is the most prominent literary criticism within A Streetcar Named Desire. Patriarchy is seen repeatedly in almost all of the interactions Stanley has with his wife Stella and her sister Blanche. In scene two of the play Stella doesn’t want Blanche around when Stanley has his poker night so she tells Stanley, “I'm taking Blanche to Galatoire's for supper and then to a show, because it's your pok'r night.” (Williams 32) and he replies, “How about my supper, huh? I'm not going to no Galatoire's for supper!” (Williams 32) to her. This portrays feminism because Stella knows that Blanche would call …show more content…
Their relationship is based off of the “traditional marriage”; in which males hold dominance over their spouses, so he expects that everything is taken care for him before his wife does anything for herself. In scene three of the play Stanley is having a good time drinking and playing poker with his mates when Stella and Blanche come home from their night out. After a few pieces of dialogue Blanche turns on the radio, furiously Stanley comes into the room and smashes it to pieces. After seeing him do this Stella screams at him, “Drunk--drunk--animal thing, you!” (Williams 56). She then attempted to break up the