Blanche represents the old South- she wears posh white clothes and has old fashioned values and opinions (which make her appear pure and vulnerable)
DuBois is a French surname - the French were original settlers in the USA
Blanche taught English but her students became disinterested
Stanley represents the modern new America - he is roughly dressed in stained work clothes and has more modern values and opinions
Kowalski is a Polish surname - the Polish came to the USA in the 1920s
Stanley throws the radio playing classical music out of the window
The rape scene could be representative of the death of old south culture (Blanche is being destroyed)
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