streetcar literary critics:

John S Bak

"Stanley is the victim of Blanche's onslaughts against his name"

Rod Horton

"The south was crippled by a paralyzing obsession with the largely imaginary

Mary Ann Corrigan

'Williams uses costuming, props, and lighting to convey the emotional strength of his characters and to reinforce the dichotomy between Blanche and Stanley.'

Phillip C. Kolin

"Mitch is both Blanche's victim and oppressor."

Joseph Wood Krutch

"Blanche chooses the dead past and becomes a victim of that impossible choice"

Tennessee Williams on Stella’s passivity:

"Stella's passivity is her key quality"

Kazan on Tennessee

"Everything in his(Williams) life is in his plays, and everything in his plays is in his life."

Tennessee Williams on non-conformist

“One major theme for my work is the destructive power of society on the sensitive non-conformist individual.”

Gazolla on characters + responding to change

“the characters are defined in terms of the way they relate to time, or, in other words, by their ability or lack of ability to accept or adapt to the historical process”