"A Streetcar Named Desire"

this is a story about a woman named Blanche, who goes to visit her sister. her sisters husband is very suspicious of Blanche wondering why she has to come live with them and has all those expensive items in her suitcase but can not afford to get a hotel room. she tell them that she is broke and has no money and that she has lost the family home. also it is clear that she has many problems one being she seems to be an alcoholic. This is obvious by how they she acts when she is drinking with Stella. she says that she should stop before she cant "control herself". Also she seems to know how to get her way with men and she tries to get Mitch, Stella's friend to marry her. but this falls through when Mitch hears about her past. It is also obvious that during this time is was considered ok for a man to beat his wife. Stella's husband repeatedly beat and hit his wife throughout the play.