A question about the text of A Streetcar Named Desire

[GypsyRoseLee]

Posted: 4/3/05 at 9:15pm

I've always wondered from reading and re-reading the text...why is Blanche so afraid to meet Stanley? She's clearly a big bundle of nerves throughout that whole first scene, and before she even meets him, she's relieved to hear that he travels a lot. If I'm not mistaken, this is her first meeting with him, so she's not yet familiar with the fact that he is in fact a rather scary fellow.

Thoughts?

[GypsyRoseLee]

Posted: 4/3/05 at 9:52pm

*le bump*

[apdarcey]

Posted: 4/3/05 at 9:58pm

stella married a pole and they live in the slums and she's heard all about him from stella. she is scared because she lost belle reve and her man. she is terrified of the place, the people and what she'll have to confront.