Scenes 1, 2 and 3

Explain something a character does in Scene 2-3 that teaches us something new about them, something we didn't know in Scene 1?
In the first scene of the book we learn that Stanly is one of those macho, big, thinks he is all that, husbands. The first time we see Stella and Stanly together is when Stan throws meat from the butchers up at Stella. This shows that he just wants her to cook it and doesn’t truly care about her. We, the readers, don’t really think anything of Stanly’s actions yet. But in the second scene Stanly’s actions towards Stella and Blanche become more and more confrontational. When Stella tells Stan that Blance is staying with them for a while, Stan goes crazy about wanting to know why the Plantation at Belle Reve is gone. Stan then confronts Blanche and questions her by tearing apart her suitcase and asking her how she bought all of these nice clothes. Stan thinks that Blanche sold the plantation and bought all of the nice clothes her self when really Blanche tells Stanly that a man bought them for her. In the third scene of the play is the poker scene. All of Stanly’s friends are over to play poker. This annoys Stella because it is so late and she would like to go to sleep. Stanly becomes annoyed with Blanche and Stella making short conversation and says, “you hens cut out that conversation in there”. Stanly gets even more aggressive after that and even goes to the extent of hitting Stella. This is so remarkable because we didn’t see Stanly as such an aggressive person in the first scene of the play.

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