A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee William is one of the most popular comedies in American history. The play contains this theme of the Old South versus the New South, where the old Southern ideals and lifestyle clash with the newly formed ideals of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The distinctions between the Old South's emphasis on tradition, social class, and segregation versus the New South's emphasis on hard work can be seen throughout the work. It manifests itself in the main characters of the work. Blanche DuBois's civilized and refined nature makes her a symbol of the Old South while Stanley Kowalski's brutal, direct, and defiant nature represents the New South. Tennessee Williams uses the characters in his play to present a picture of social, role, and social distinctions. of gender and behavior that existed between the Old South and the New South. Furthermore, the two settings provided in the work, Belle Reve and Elysian Fields, can also be seen as different representations of the Old versus the New due to the way in which both the places are fundamentally different. The line between old traditional Southern values ​​and culture versus those of the New South seemed to have been drawn during the post-Civil War period in the United States of America. This period saw many people move away from life in the South and establish a new life in the North. The main reason for the mass migration from the South to the North was mainly due to the nation's industrial advancements. As America became more industrialized, the plantation-based agrarian system became less economically attractive. People sought to work and earn a better living by working in factories, which consequently led to the nation as a whole becoming more urbanized and less rural. A tram called desire hooks up and throws a light...... middle of paper......antation. Blanche says to Stella, “I take it for granted that you still have enough memory of Belle Reve to find it impossible to live with this place and these poker players” (657). Belle Reve is a beautiful place where the class system was alive and people only interacted with others of their own class. The loss of Belle Reve represents the dying South. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams uses Blanche and Stanley to highlight the different characteristics of both periods, old and new. At the end of the show, when Stella chooses to believe Stanley over her sister Blanche. It basically means that the New South wins in the end. Blanche, who represents the beautiful, rich, southern beauty of the Old South, is kind of an outcast from society. Stella, on the other hand, was able to adapt to the social evolution of the south and mix with Stanley to create a new life for herself.