A Streetcar Named Desire Responsibilities Essay

As individuals mature and grow older, the responsibilities they face develops alongside them. Around 1940, postwar society created a system where different individual served a key role in their society and had varying responsibilities they had to face. Responsibility plaining means to “do the right thing” and to live a life where each reaction is as a result of one’s own action that is intended not to harm others. Many seek responsibilities as a duty that they must abide by while others may seek an escape from it as if to abstain their duties thus not having to suffer doing something that they don’t enjoy. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams uses different individuals to showcase their responsibilities and how their actions result

Stanley is a character who take certain responsibilities that eventually positions him as a dominant figure within his household. He provides for his family by working at a factory, and, when he “brings home the meat” at the beginning of the play Tennessee Williams references an animalistic approach similar to that of the cavemen who has the responsibility for hunting food to provide for his family. In various occasions throughout the play, he is seen to take a stand against any request that is unwillingly given to him, specially during times when he is upset such as arguing with Blanche when Stella requests him to come to the porch or during one of the poker games in which he seemed to be losing and blames the ladies for their loud conversation. Immediately afterwards the ladies start to play music which aggravates him even more and leads to Stanley throwing the radio out through the window thus breaking it. Stanley serves to play a dominant role within his family but his nature and attitude is far from being developed. While Stanley posses the ability to assert dominance over others, which builds a leadership role within his character, others such as Blanche, see him as a working-class “Polack” referring to his “Polish” background and thus implying that he is an immigrant. She also notices his violent “ape” like behaviour to make remark of his animalistic nature. During