a streetcar named desire

Look again at scene one, including stage directions. Do you find that The Scene prepares an audience for what is To follow in the play? The first scene introduces us to the major characters and themes of the play. The three major characters being Blanche, Stella and Stanley. The themes include madness, jealousy, death and the Old World changing into the new. Scene one introduces us to the environment, disrupts the Kowalski household as Blanche …showed first 75 words of 1789 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1789 total…been said. This is a warning sign for later in the play, when she is moved by the conversation. Also we find here that she finds it uneasy to deal with her husband’s death. This scene does prepare us for the later happenings in the play. It introduces the characters of Blanche Dubois, and Stella and Stanley Kowalski. Also it leads us to key ideas and themes, that are carried on throughout the play.