Discuss the below:
A Streetcar Named Desire
Stella and Blanche clash over Stanley's physical abuse of Stella and her acceptance of it. Blanche has a fantasy about Shep Huntleigh as her rescuer. Blanche's inappropriate attraction to very young men is revealed in the scene with the paperboy, and the circumstances surrounding the death of Blanche's young husband are revealed.
1. After Stanley hits Stella and after a night together, Stella seems to accept, even enjoy, Stanley's violent behavior. Why does she do this? Is Stella masochistic? Does she get pleasure from being demeaned and abused?
2. Blanche talks a lot about an old beau and oil millionaire named Shep Huntleigh. Why is Shep Huntleigh so important to Blanche? Is Shep Huntleigh a real person?
3. Blanche reveals to Mitch the story of her marriage to Allan Grey, whom she caught in a homosexual liaison. Blanche then rejected Allan in disgust. How does the trauma of Allan Grey's death and Blanche's tremendous guilt that she caused his death affect her?