Why is A Streetcar Named Desire so controversial?

Tennessee Williams's play A Streetcar Named Desire presents an ambiguous moral puzzle to readers. Critics and audiences alike harbor vastly torn opinions concerning Blanche's role in the play, which range from praising her as a fallen angel victimized by her surroundings to damning her as a deranged harlot.



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In A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee has done this perfectly. He succeeded in changing the readers to the ideal readers by speakers in the play. He made his readers feel the oppression of women and feel deep sympathy for them, which embodies his awareness of feminist issues.

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