A streetcar named desire

Discuss the view that a Streetcar Named Desire is a play concerned with the conflict between the values of the old world, and the new, and that this conflict is expressed through the battle between Stanley and Blanche

The play A streetcar named Desire was written by Tennessee Williams in 1947. It’s the story of a woman named Blanche who goes to New Orleans to live with her sister Stella and her brother in law Stanley. Unfortunately things get complicated and a conflict arises between Stanley and Blanche.
The conflict between Stanley and Blanche can be seen as a conflict between the values of the 19th century and the values of the 20th century symbolised by their different manners and ways of living.
We will first study Blanche’s values of the old South America. Then we will study Stanley’s values of what can be called throughout the play “modern” America. Finally we will see that there is a conflict between the characters because of their values.

Blanche is a woman who is coming from South America from a place where there are plantations. This place is called Belle Reve but it has been lost by Blanche because she didn’t have enough money to pay for it: “I stayed at Belle Reve and tried to hold it together! I’m not meaning this in any reproachful way but all the burden descended on my shoulders.”
We can see in Blanche’s language that she still lives in the 19th century. It sounds like old English, very formal with a certain descriptive and metaphorical style. We can see from her language that she doesn’t seem to come from a common background: “Show me a person who hasn’t known any sorrow and I’ll show you a shuperficial”; “It was the other familiarities I felt obliged to discourage”.
She also acts very formally with other characters; she is very polite and very courteous. You can see there is a contrast between her and the other characters. Her social background seems very different. For instance she is very polite towards