Sometimes, an individual’s instinct for self-preservation significantly influences her response to competing demands as it is necessary for her life to go on no matter what obstacle she she must face. In Tennessee Williams’ play, A Streetcar Named Desire, he discussed how an individual’s natural instinct to preserve herself creates bias when she is to respond to competing demands as it is necessary to for her to go on in her catastrophic life no matter what.
Tennessee Williams tragic character, Stella, faced competing demands from both her sister and husband. The author both clearly and discreetly displays the power struggle between and Blanche and Stanley over Stella. We first see that Stella is stuck between leaving …show more content…
From his manipulation and his style, the author evoked powerful emotions of frustration and sympathy within the reader, most of which being directed towards Stella after she made her decision. While the reader is frustrated by Stella’s decision to stay with Stanley rather than her own sister, they also feel tremendous sympathy for Stella as she never really had a choice. Her self-perseverance was dependent on choosing to stay with her abusive husband rather than Blanche for it is Stanley who brings home the kill in their animalistic relationship.
In Tennessee Williams’ play, A Streetcar Named Desire, he discussed how Stella’s natural instinct to preserve herself and her child influenced her response to Stanley and Blanche's competing demands as it was necessary for her to go on in her catastrophic life, no matter what, if she was to persevere. Sometimes, an individual’s instinct for self-preservation outweighs the choice which is morally correct when faced with competing demands as it is necessary for her life to go on no matter what obstacle she must