[Animal joy in his being is implicit in all his movements and attitudes. Since earliest manhood the center of his life has been pleasure with women, the giving and taking of it, not with weak indulgence, dependency, but with the power and pride of a richly feathered male bird among hens.]
– Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 1. This description of Stanley presents him metaphorically as a very sexual brightly colored male bird that dominates the female hens. His primitive, animalistic, and alpha male nature is highlighted.