The play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams was first performed in Boston in November 1947. It also premiered later that year in New York and lasted 855 performances. It shows a confrontation between the Old South and its traditional values ​​and the “new” materialist and industrial America. This turbulent confrontation is illustrated through the characters of Blanche and Stanley, with Blanche's sister Stella caught in the middle. It was written after the Great Depression and the American Civil War. The novel Atonement by Ian McEwan was first published in 2001. It is set in 1935 and is about Briony, a 13-year-old girl who makes a mistake that drastically changes the lives of her sister Cecilia and her friend Robbie's childhood. She spends the rest of her life trying to atone for what she did. Atonement and A Streetcar Named Desire are very different in many ways but they also have similarities, both in the play and in the novel, the central relationship is that of the sisters. The bond between sisters is a very strong bond; the sisters normally grow up together and are very close. The sisters know everything about each other and are usually sick together no matter what.'She's delicately dressed………………………………………………….Hat'In a streetcar named Désir, the characters Blanche and Stella both come from a wealthy background; raised like southern belles. They grew up in Belle Reve, a huge house that originally had a lot of land…..Quote…….. But over the years it was sold to pay the bills and expenses after the abolition of the slave trade. When Blanche arrives at Elysian Fields, she looks "as if she were arriving at a summer tea or cocktail party in the Garden District." Similarly in Atonement, Briony and Cecilia also had rich upbringings. Cecilia attended Cambri......middle of article......meaning she speaks decent English; this distinguishes him from Nettle and Mace who use colloquial language. This emphasizes Robbie's fortunate upbringing, but it also gives the audience the impression that Robbie doesn't fit in with Nettle and Mace; reminding us that he should not fight in the war. At the end of A Streetcar Named Desire, Stella "sobs with inhuman abandon" and Stanley kneels next to her, unsure of what to do. Stella feels incredibly guilty for letting her sister Blanche be taken to the mental hospital, she feels like it is her duty as a sister to take care of her. However, this is impossible because Stanley raped her and Stella refuses to believe him, so she does nothing and the play ends with Stanley's fingers finding "the opening of her blouse". ………………..further reading…………….Works Cited ‘Atonement’ by Ian McEwan ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams