Up until the denouement, the relationship between Stella and Stanley enables Williams to demonstrate that power is a means of control. When Stanley says “’Every man is king’” there is a suggestion that Stanley uses power in order for him to be able to control the outspoken Stella that has seemingly been influence by the femme fatale ideology of Blanche. This is because the intertextual reference to Huey Long is a means by which Williams can effectively show his male character as using power to show that he is the authoritative figure that will not tolerate female defiance. Furthermore, what further demonstrates that Williams wanted to present power as something that allows control is Stella’s attitudes to Stanley where prior she states “Stanley’s