We gravitate towards stories that resonate a deeper(darker) part of us that we cleverly hide and sculpt a persona, a subterfuge that is constantly evolving. When three people intimately related and weary of one another on some level are stuffed in a dingy apartment, the frail and jagged edges of neatly plastered persona begins to crack. 
 Blanche tries to leave behind the life she has found herself in and clings to the life she once enjoyed. Stella, her younger sister has married a man for love. Stella's husband Stanley is an everyday man without an ounce of grandness about him. The conflict arises with Blanche's arrival in Kowalski's household as the couple desperately claw for the very reasons they are together. Stanley's alpha male behavior rubs Blanche in the wrong way and their confrontation upsets Stella. 
 Williams uses musical cues to enhance the temperament of the play. Varsouviana Polka plays a jovial tone while Blanche narrates a terrible tragedy. This juxtaposition is a cinematic experience that one doesn't often expect in a play. The playwright subtly nudges the audience against Blanche while providing shelter to Stella and her newborn. Stanely's abuse is downplayed by Stella and Blanche's personality is continuously attacked. 
 These three are incredibly flawed and terribly hopeless. They cling on what gives them security without fully understanding repercussions of their actions. They are victims of the standards they have set for themselves. Williams has a knack for writing monologues that stick in your ribs and hurt when you turn the page. This quote sums it all: 
 "I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth. And it that's sinful, then let me be damned for it!" 
 Blanche takes a street-car named Desire that ends in a tragedy. Her neatly constructed world of her disillusioned ideas crumble and the crime against her is her proverbial last straw. The sting of harshness is real on the pages. 
 On a completely unrelated note to the review: If I ever own a pet, I would name him/her "Hey Stella". Just saying.