Harold Mitchel Character Analysis in 'Streetcar Named Desire'

Character Analysis
Harold ‘Mitch’ Mitchell

‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, written by Tennessee Williams in 1947, introduces a variety of characters, whose origins differ in nationality, background and beliefs. I would like to analyze Harold Mitchell, better known as Mitch, whose unusual personality and attitude caught my attention and motivated me to write this commentary on him.
Mitch is indeed the most passive character in the play. He has the same poor working class background as Stanley, but he is certainly not of the same coarseness and vulgarity. In fact, all his poker friends tease him because of his concern about his ailing mother, calling him a ‘mama’s boy’, but he obviously cares more about her well being than their opinion, which he ignores.
A dependable, hard-working man, he served with Stanley in the war and, like many other young soldiers returning from battle, has settled down in New Orleans and works at a factory with his friends.
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