The different values ​​of Kowalski and Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire is a play founded on the premise of conflicting cultures. Blanche and Stanley, the main antagonists of the play, have been raised to harbor and preserve extremely disparate notions, to the point that their incompatibility becomes a recurring theme within the story. Indeed, their different values ​​and principles become the ultimate cause of the antagonism, as it is their conflicting opinions that fuel the tension already brewing within the Kowalski family. Blanche, a woman disillusioned by the disappearance of youth and the despondency that loneliness inflicts on its involuntary victims, bursts into her sister's modest home with the air and grace of a woman steeped in insecurity and abandonment. His disapproval, regarding Stella's residency status, is artificial in the face of a culture that does not agree with the antiquated principles of Southern plantations, a place that has socialized Blanche to behave with the superior demeanor of a woman to who have been brainwashed. wing conservatism. Incomparably, she represents the old world of the South, while Stanley is the face of a new urbanized, technology-driven, machine-powered world built on a foundation of immigration and cultural diversity. New Orleans provides such a setting for the show, emphasizing the past attitude of Blanche, whose refusal to separate herself from the archaic morals of her past simply reiterates her lack of social awareness. In stark contrast, Stanley embodies the urban grit of modern society, revealed by his poker nights, primitive tendencies, and resentment towards Blanche. ... middle of paper ... tome of Southern aristocracy, a world dominated by antiquated laws and conservative morals, while Stanley embodies the vigorous, fast-moving harshness of the modern world and New Orleans. Blanche, quite literally, sums up her attitude towards such cultural differences in the phrase “maybe he is what we need to mix in our blood now that we have lost Belle Reve and must move forward without Belle Reve to protect us.” In this sense, he sees the male as a figure of safety and protection, perhaps the only worldly perception he shares with his opponents, whose chauvinism exposes a typically defined vision of the universal man and his role as predator, protector and guardian . Otherwise, their notions are so different that their incompatibility drives the plot and fuels the arguments in every scene.