How does Williams use Plastic Theater to Show Conflict in Scene two of A Streetcar Named Desire?

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manner her ideal social status shining through this costume choice. Thus, representing how Blanche wishes to be viewed and how she perceives herself, again furthering the gap between the old south and modern America, portrayed by Stanley and Blanche. Similarly, satin is an artificial version of silk portraying blanches desire to be glamorous however not having the funds to be just that. Nevertheless, we can see how effected Stanley is by all this, because when he goes through blanches belongings, he pulls out “genuine fox pieces" and says he has a friend who can check if they're real when Stella says they're “inexpensive summer furs” that Blanche has had a long time. Stanley continues searching through Blanches suitcase which he refers to as a “treasure chest” because of the “solid gold bracelets” he finds along with what he believes are diamonds but Stella assures him that it's a “rhinestone tiara” and its next door to glass. However, Stanley is still determined ...

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dominance over Blanches papers and her belongings shows again the difference between their two worlds because earlier in this scene Stanley explains to Stella about the “Napoleonic code” and when Stella gets “swindled” Stanley therefore gets swindled as well, and he is notably not happy about this because the huge estate of Belle Reve also belongs to Stanley. So, when he finds out its been lost, he is beyond furious and demands answers from Blanche, roughly looking through all her papers. Also, in this scene when Blanche says to Stanley, “I hurt him the way you would like to hurt me, but you can't.” she denies the fact that he can hurt her but it's obvious that her fragile ...

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