Character Conflict in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is a play where conflicts between the characters are involved. A drama written in eleven scenes, the play takes place in New Orleans over a period of nine months. The atmosphere is noisy, with pianos playing in the distance of the city's bars. This is a busy part of town, creating close relationships with neighbors and where the whole town knows your business. Their part of the divided house consists of two rooms, a bathroom and a porch. This small house is not suitable for three people. The main characters of the story are Stella and Stanley Kowalski, the owners, Blanche DuBois, Stella's sister, Harold Mitchell (Mitch), Stanley's friend, and Eunice and Steve Hubbell, the couple who live upstairs . Blanche is the protagonist of the story because all the conflicts involve her. She fights against Stanley's ideals and to protect her past. The essential conflict of the story is between Blanche and her brother-in-law Stanley. Stanley investigates Blanche's life to uncover the truth about her promiscuity, ruining her relationships with Stella and her eventual future husband Mitch, allowing him to achieve his goal of getting Blanche out of her house. Blanche tries to convince Stella that she should leave Stanley because she witnessed a fight between the two. Despite these instances, there is sexual tension between the two, leading to an alleged rape scene in which one of their arguments ends with Stanley leading Blanche to bed. From there, Stella has inner conflict as she doesn't know whether to side with her husband or her sister in every situation. Blanche and Mitch believe the play is about desire between people and the different ways they can express it, which the title, A Streetcar Named Desire, informs us. Blanche arrived in town by streetcar because she was ostracized from her old home because of her desires. Blanche had a sexual desire in general to cope with her divorce and the loss of her family; she just needed to feel loved. Stanley expressed his hidden desire for Blanche by being cruel to her throughout the story and then having sex with her. Mitch showed his desire for Blanche by asking her to marry him. Stella desired Stanley's love and Blanche's well-being. The play is a demonstration of the drama involved in families and shows that sometimes people have to make decisions and choose one relationship over another. In Stella's case, she chose her relationship with Stanley over her sister..