In A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, the characters presented represent Williams' own view of society. In Streetcar, Williams created a way to observe and reflect on the darker aspects of society and the result of these societal downfalls. Williams portrayed many societal downfalls, such as the idea that he (or she) who tries to hide their true self and lie to the world mostly ends up harming themselves. This statement, which lies just beneath the surface in Streetcar, reflects the difficulties Williams faced in finding his own place in life. Williams created this piece as a sort of "slap in the face" to a society that rejected Williams and his way of telling the world, "If you keep behaving like this, the whole place will go crazy!" This is clearly seen in both the suicide of Blanche's young husband and her own descent into madness. Another breakdown highlighted by Williams is the idea of ​​the “macho-male”, which extends to homophobia. Stanley is obviously Williams' characterization of this personality type, and it is his brutality and chauvinism that leads Blanche to completely sink into the depths of madness. By raping Blanche, Stanley not only exerts his physical power over this disruptive woman in his life, but also attempts to show the world (and himself) that he is not homosexual. In the character of Stella, the reader's main reaction is to support and identify with her, but in reality, she represents the type of person who has abandoned the ideals she once knew and who, in a sense, has joined forces with those of the enemy. She abandoned Blanche at Belle Reve and has now settled for mediocrity. At the end of the play, our sympathies are with Blanche as she sought safety in the world and found herself alone and mad. Williams reminds the reader that in this world everyone craves security and that it is this natural desire that causes Blanche's descent into madness..