A month later, I can still clearly remember the depression it gave me after watching the film.
Some literary works do not need historical background, they can happen in any era, such as Dream of Red Mansions.
And some works must be combined with the era in which the story takes place. A Streetcar Named Desire is this category.
The society at that time was divided into two social forms. Blanche represented the southern manor owners represented by the traditional manor planting industry, and Stanley represented the northern industrialized society. The early manor owners had land, slaves, money and time. Most of the time, they lived a life of money and money. Blanche's education from childhood was how to be a noble lady. She didn't need to learn how to survive, she just needed to know how to Just as beautiful as a flower. The rise of the Industrial Revolution made farmers gradually abandoned by the times. If it weren't for the background of the industrial revolution, Blanche and Stanley would never have lived under the same roof.
The northern industrial society represented by Stanley is domineering and barbaric. They do not understand art or enjoyment. They are realistic and violent, and they are the most primitive strength and desire of life, but they are the one chosen by the times. Just like at the end of the film, Blanche is sent to a mental hospital, and Stanley regains the rights of the whole family
Two completely different ways of life can only be intertwined in the context of such a big era. In the end, the northern industrial society won the war with absolute power
The film reduces the social contradictions in the big era to a small family, causing various conflicts between people of two social forms. Squeezing the audience's nerves, it can still be accurately conveyed to us after 70 years
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