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Hypocrisy In A Streetcar Named Desire

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The Second phase begins at the poker night game, at the night that
Stanley drinks excessively and loses control by striking his pregnant wife. While the third phase was after Blanche’s departure to the mental hospital ( Walker 85). Stanley shows his love towards his wife by telling her “ Now , honey. Now , love. Now , now ,love ” (Williams 142). So, this reflects Stanley’s hypocrisy, as he only tells her these affectionate words for his desires and not because he loves her. Stanley’s ill treatment to his wife’s surrogate was as a result of his feelings of antagonism towards her. Stanley plans to distort her reputation by telling his friend Mitch about Blanche’s history when she was living in Belle Reve, he told him about her affair with
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