
			Stanleys Brutality
	

	In the Street Car Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, Stanley Kowalski
displays his brutality in many ways.  This classical play is about Blanche Duboiss
visit to Elysian Fields and her encounters with her sisters brutal and arrogant
husband, Stanley Kowalski, and the reveling truth of why Blanche really came. 
Stanley Kowalski is a very brutal and barbaric person who always has to feel that
no one is better than him.  His brutish and ferocious actions during the play leave
the reader with a bad taste in their mouths.  Stanleys brutality is shown in several
places during the duration of The Street Car Named Desire .  For example, his
first array of brutality is evident at the poker night when he gets so angry and
throws the radio out the window.  Another example of his brutality is displayed
when he beats his wife, Stella.  Lastly, his arrogance and ferocious actions are
most apparent when he rapes Blanche, while his wife is in labor in the hospital.
	Stanley Kowalskis first exhibition of his brutal actions occurs at poker
night.  Blanche turns on the radio, but Stanley demands her to turn it off.  Blanche
refuses and so Stanley gets up himself and turns it off himself.  When Stanleys
friend, Mitch, drops out of the game to talk to Blanche, Stanley gets upset and he
even gets more upset when Blanche flicks on the radio.  Due to the music being
on, Stanley, in a rage, stalks in the room and grabs the radio and throws it out the
window.  His friends immediately jump up, and then they drag him to the shower
to try to sober him up.  This is the first example of Stanleys rage and brutality.
	Not only does throwing the radio out the window represent an impure
demeanor, but so does beating your wife.  During his entire rage during poker
night he is not sober which leads to another problem.  When he threw the radio
out the window, he then immediately charged right at his wife, Stella.  He was in
such rage and he was so drunk that when he reached her he hit her in the face. 
Luckily, before he can get another blow off  his friends grabbed him and pinned
him to the floor.  This action leads the reader to believe that he is a very brutal
person and needs some psychological help to aid him to control his temper.  This
is another example of why Stanley is so brutal.
	Lastly, and the most evident action that leads the reader to believe that
Stanley is very ferocious and rapacious is when he rapes Blanche Dubois.  When
Blanche finds out that Stanley has to spend the night at home because Stella did
not give birth yet, she becomes wary and is alarmed at the thought that of being
alone in the house alone with him is a scary thought.  When Blanche tells Stanley
that she has put Mitch in his place for being mean to her, Stanley explodes in
terror.  Then Stanley retreats to the bathroom to put on his silk pajamas.  When
he comes out of the bathroom, Blanche is threatened by his words and she
smashes a bottle on the table to use the sharp edge to fend him off.  Stanley
approaches her carefully, but Blanche swings at him and Stanley catches her arm
and forces her to drop the weapon.  She then collapses at his feet and he picks
her up and carries her to the bedroom and rapes her.  This event shows that
Stanley is very brutal and avaricious because it shows that he was greedy to the
fact that he could not just have one woman, and it also showed that he is very
arrogant because he feels that now because he conquered Blanche and he has
won.  
	In Conclusion,  in The Street Car Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams,
Stanleys brutality is evident throughout the entire course of the play.  Clearly, his
rape of Blanche, beating of Stella, and throwing the radio out the window are all
examples of why Stanley is such a fierce and intimidating character in this play.