International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 4 7 2015 July 2 Role of Parent Ego State in Violence Emergence in A Streetcar Named Desire Play 66 69 EN Mirtalebipour SayedeZaynab 1 Department of Psychology,Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, IRAN Tayebeh Ferdowsi 2 University of Tehran, Tehran, IRAN Pouretemad Hamidreza 3 Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IRAN MaryamSadeghi Afrakati 4 Pourhamzeh Mohsen 1 Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, IRAN Babaei Bahman 2 Mohsen Faizi 3 Azimi SeyyedAli 1 Islamic Azad University of Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, IRAN Mir-Khalili SeyyedMahmoud 2 Department of Law, Farabi college, University of Tehran, IRAN Majid Karimian 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khomeinishahr branch, Islamic Azad University-Khomeinishahr- Isfahan, IRAN Yaghoubi Yaghoub 2 Department of Material Engineering University of Tarbiat Modares, Tehran, IRAN Eftekhari Mohsen 3 Yazdanian SeyyedMansour 1 Accounting Department, Islamic Azad University-Khorasgan Branch Iran, Esfahan, IRAN Hosseini AzamSadat 2 Hachem AouraghMy 1 Department of Geo-engineering and Environmental Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Meknes, P.O. 11201 Zitoune-Meknes-50000, MOROCCO Essahlaoui Ali 2 ElOuali Abdelhadi 3 Abdellah ElHmaidi 4 Kamel Said 5 Golparvar Mohsen 1 Department of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Esfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Esfahan, IRAN EsfahaniRasoul Rajezi 2 Mehdad Ali 3 KhodabakhshiParijan Khadijeh 1 DOS, B.N. Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences, Manasagangotri, University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, INDIA SrinivasaRao Vattikonda 1 Department of Zoology, Entomology division, Nizam College (Autonomous), Osmania University, Hyderabad, AP, INDIA RaoAmanchi Nageswara 2 Sangam SabitaRaja 3 Masoudi Aref 1 Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IRAN Zamani Maryam 1 Faculty of Educational Science and Art, Tehran Art University, Tehran, IRAN Bozorgmehr Shirin 2 Tehran Art University, Tehran, IRAN > Research Article 2013 8 6 2015 July 2 Psychological theories are among theories which are commonly used in investigation of literary works. To this end, the current work aims at investigating characters of A Streetcar Named Desire play using transactional analysis as a psychological theory which has not been used in literary works investigation. This study aims at exploring characters of the work using concepts of this theory especially ego states, and showing its impacts on the play script. Analysis of the play according to this theory indicate how ego states can play role in shaping relationship between characters and even in shaping play script and direct it. Application of this theory in analysis showed that it can be a good tool for determining characteristics of the play characters and representing their internal motives driving play action. Copyright@ International Science Community Association