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Biography
Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell is a fictional character from the play Streetcar named Desire by Tennessee Williams. The character was made popular by the 1951 film adaptation in which Karl Malden portrayed him. Mitch is described as a gentleman but is clumsy and sweaty. He has hobbies that are classed as unrefined, such as muscle building and playing poker with his friends. He is sensitive and a decent human being who wants to be loved.

Character overview
Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell appears to be a caring and sensitive man who lives and takes care of his dying mother. His friends pick on him and call him a 'mama's boy', including his friend Stanley, due to him standing out from the others. He is a decent human being who wishes to marry a loving woman who he hopes to introduce to his mother before she passes away.

Mitch has a close friendship with Stanley, he works with him at the factory, and he was also in the same regiment as him in the war.

Mitch shows a particular interest in Blanche DuBois, even though there is a lack of compatibility between the two, this is due to Mitch being not as educated as Blanche. However, the pair have bonded over the need for companionship and the shared trauma of death of a loved one, is why they’re involved with each other at all which inevitably helps them to strengthen their connection.

Mitch goes from being a gentleman to being ill tempered and lashing out like Stanley and his other poker friends. Once finding out about Blanche's sexual promiscuity, he loses his kind-hearted and respectful nature and no longer sees her as wife material but just someone he can sleep with.