Character Guide

Character Guide.

Blanche DuBois

·         Older Sister of Stella Kowalski

·         High School English Teacher (Fired)

·         Lost Belle Reve

·         Lies about past endeavours

·         Married in the past. (Alan Grey)

·         Dates Mitch

·         Raped by Stanley

·         Committed to a mental asylum.  

·         Represents “Old America”

Stella Kowalski

·         Blanche’s little Sister

·         Privileged Background

·         Married to Stanley

·         Torn between Blanche and Stanley

·         Pregnant

·         More in common with Blanche than suggested.

Stanley Kowalski

·         Husband to Stella

·         Represents “New America”

·         Fought with Mitch in WW2

·         Lacks Ideals and imagination

·         Beats Stella

·         Rapes Blanche

·         Proud of Family and Heritage 

Harold “Mitch” Mitchell

·         Served with Stanley in WW2

·         Dates Blanche

·         More Sensitive than Stanley

·         Lives with his dying Mother

·         Doesn’t fit the typical “Hero Role”

·         Mitch also shows despair due to Blanche’s incarceration

Eunice

·         Stella’s friend

·         Lives upstairs as Landlady

·         Married to Steve

·         Represents the Low Class

·         Abused by Steve

Allan Grey

·         Blanche’s Ex-Husband

·         Committed Suicide

·         Homosexual

·         Married as a teenager

·         Still haunts Blanche’s memories.

The Young Man

·         Teenager who comes to collect for the paper

·         Shows us that Blanche has a thing for young men.

·         Reminds us of Blanche’s first Husband.

·         Flirts with Blanche.

Shep Huntleigh 

·         A former lover of Blanche

·         Married

·         Blanche hopes he will provide support

·         Millionaire