Stanley Kowalski
Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski from the trailer for the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Marlon Brando Jr (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004 was an Academy Award -winning American Actor, whose body of work spanned over half a century A Streetcar Named Desire is a film adaptation of the play of the same name by Tennessee Williams.
First appearance	A Streetcar Named Desire
Created by	Tennessee Williams
Portrayed by	Marlon Brando
Information
Gender	Male
Date of birth	December 26, 1920
Spouse(s)	Stella Kowalski
Relatives	Blanche DuBois (sister-in-law)

Stanley Kowalski is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire. A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26 1911 &ndash February 25 1983 better known as Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright who received many of the top theatrical Marlon Brando Jr (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004 was an Academy Award -winning American Actor, whose body of work spanned over half a century Stella Kowalski (née DuBois is one of the main characters in Tennessee Williams ' play A Streetcar Named Desire. Blanche DuBois (b September 15, 1919) is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams ' play A Streetcar Named Desire. Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26 1911 &ndash February 25 1983 better known as Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright who received many of the top theatrical A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize He was most famously portrayed by Marlon Brando in the play's initial Broadway performance as well as the 1951 film adaptation. Marlon Brando Jr (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004 was an Academy Award -winning American Actor, whose body of work spanned over half a century Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located A Streetcar Named Desire is a film adaptation of the play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. Since then, he has been played by Treat Williams and Alec Baldwin in, respectively, the 1984 and 1995 made for TV adaptations. Treat Williams (born December 1, 1951) is an American actor who has appeared on film stage and television over the course of his prolific career Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III (born April 3 1958 is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy - and Golden Globe Award -winning American

Character overview

Stanley lives in the French Quarter of New Orleans with his wife, Stella (née DuBois. The French Quarter, also known as Vieux Carré, is the oldest and most famous neighborhood in the city of New Orleans Louisiana. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Stella Kowalski (née DuBois is one of the main characters in Tennessee Williams ' play A Streetcar Named Desire. ) A working class construction worker, he takes special pride in having lured Stella away from her rich family, and shows her off to his friends like a trophy. Working class is a term used in academic Sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe depending on context and speaker those employed in specific fields or types He has a vicious temper, however, and the two have many fights, in which he is not averse to violence. Near the beginning of the play, Stanley announces that Stella is pregnant. Pregnancy ( Latin graviditas) is the carrying of one or more offspring known as a Fetus or Embryo, inside the Uterus of a Female

Stanley's life becomes more complicated when Stella's sister Blanche shows up at their door for a seemingly indefinite "visit". Blanche DuBois (b September 15, 1919) is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams ' play A Streetcar Named Desire. The two despise each other almost on sight; the spoiled, aristocratic Blanche openly looks down upon Stanley, whom she derides as an "ape", while Stanley is enraged at what he sees as a constant reminder that he is not good enough for Stella. Aristocracy is a form of Government, where rule is established through an internal struggle over who has the most status and influence over society and internal relations His resentment grows almost unbearable when Blanche starts dating his friend, Mitch, and lets Stella briefly take refuge with her after an argument in which he hits her.

Stanley starts asking questions of a street merchant who knew Blanche in her old life, however, and finds out that Blanche is staying with Stella and him because she is homeless; her family's ancestral mansion has been mortgaged. Homelessness is the condition and social category of people who lack housing because they cannot afford or are otherwise unable to maintain regular safe and adequate shelter A mortgage is the pledging of a property to a Lender as a security for a Mortgage loan. He also learns that she was paid to leave Mississippi to quell gossip about her many affairs, which she began after her husband, a closeted homosexual, committed suicide. Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States Gossip is idle talk or Rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others Coming outThe expressions " closeted " or "in the closet " generally refer to undisclosed sexual behavior, Sexual orientation or Gender Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. Overjoyed to have the upper hand, Stanley tells Mitch about Blanche's secret past, which scares Mitch into ending the relationship.

The night that Stella gives birth to their son, Stanley goes out and gets drunk in celebration, and finds a similarly drunk Blanche, lost in fantasies of better times, when he returns home. See Fantasy for an account of the literary genre involving the development of common or popular fantasies He makes a crude, drunken pass at her, which she rebuffs, disgusted. Enraged, Stanley overpowers and rapes her. Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person This final assault on what she had left of her dignity sends Blanche over the edge into a nervous breakdown. Assault is a Crime of Violence against another person. In some Jurisdictions including Australia and New Zealand, Mental breakdown (also known as nervous breakdown or snapping) is a non-medical term used to describe a sudden acute attack of Mental illness such as Weeks later, Stella has Blanche committed to a mental institution at Stanley's insistence. A psychiatric hospital (previously called insane asylum, mental hospital; or derogatorily looney bin, nut house or Funny Farm) is

In Williams' original ending to A Streetcar Named Desire, Stella accepts Stanley's rape of Blanche as part of her delusions, and stays with him. The original film adaptation, however, was subject to Hollywood Production Code regulations in which characters who had committed crimes needed to be seen to have been punished by the movie's end. For the television broadcasting term please see Production code number. Subsequently, an alternative ending was employed wherein Stella leaves Stanley forever.