The play revolves around Blanche, Stella, and Stanley and illustrates how Blanche becomes an uninvited visitor to Stella (her sister) and Stanley (brother-in-law). What is discussed is the gender contrasting struggle that not only emerges from being differentiated into male and female according to physical appearances, but also according to role, psyche, and spiritual calling which James (122) claims to be related to “the natural mandated sexual relationship between male and female which in terms of legal provision ought to be legitimate only under one social arrangement, marriage between one male and one female.” (Emphasis added) So, class difference, being a profound feature of the two wars, will not be discussed. This observation is not merely the central idea of the play, but is an enhancement to the basic personality trait that goes along with the horrifying aftermath of the warfare, conducted in the name of class differences. To make the case understandable, the two female characters ‘Blanche’ and ‘Stella’ will be analysed under the shadow of some non-negotiable altruistic coalitions among which on the fore will remain their tendencies on ‘dependence’, ‘freedom’, and ‘sexual appeals’ to and for their male counterparts. This research paper does not discuss the class wars or the cultural legacy arriving from it, instead it argues upon the general nature of authority given to both genders by the creator. To which this innovation has produced strong and weak gender identities, roles, and authorities which has sprung from the class wars – depicted in Tennessee William’s play “A Streetcar Named Desire. This, we can claim is the reason for why such balance of gender power has shaped the American society towards a recurring hysterical innovation. However, the reason I have referred to it as ‘cold’ is that it has come out of the worst psychological horrors, stemming from the warfare. Many historians that foresee the gruesome actions and reaction of the Second World War envisage the gender struggle as one of the cold reaction, the world could ever see. Power in the context of gender struggle is a controversial debate that acquires more than an argumentative approach. The play pertains to the shift that has manipulated the balance of power witnessed just after the two World Wars.
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