A Streetcar Named Desire
What is Stella's response to Stanley's arrival? Scene Four
What is Stella's response to Stanley's arrival? Scene Four
What is Stella's response to Stanley's arrival? Scene Four
In Scene Four, Stanley arrives home, unnoticed by the women, and listens in on this speech. Blanche compares Stanley to a caveman, his poker night to a party of apes, and exhorts Stella not to regress to Stanley's primitive level but to evolve into a higher level of human.
After listening to Blanche's speech, Stanley steps out and steps back in, this time making his presence known and pretending he had just arrived. In response to Blanche, Stella embraces her husband plainly. Stanley grins at Blanche as she watches.
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