Blanche DuBois

people use as as an escape from reality. Blanche Dubois not only uses it to escape from reality, through her fantasy land, she decides to live her life there. Past events have caused Blanche to occasionally lose her grip on reality. Instead of facing these problems she chooses to hide them behind a mask. Blanches’ decision to live this life causes a world of trouble for the rest of the characters and for her life to spiral out of control. Ultimately, Blanche Dubois is a mentally ill pathological liar

lantern is shown to have meaning towards the main character insecurities, it covers up who she really is but in her eyes its her ugly side. “ I can't stand a naked light bulb no more that I can stand a rude remark or vulgar action” ( page 55 ) Blanche compares her last relationship to light by explaining when he committed suicide it was like the light to her life went out. That dark space that surrounded her after his death was her going around with other guys in a way she was searching for that

This play is about people who display cruelty and harshness in their treatment to others, especially those who are weak and vulnerable. Blanche Dubois is the central victim of mistreatment even though she had tried to make Stanley the victim. She displays her self as fragile and moth like, dealing out her share of insensitivities that happened during her younger days. Also because of her moth like image, the other characters see her as an easy target to knock down and use her insecurities against

The Destruction of Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire      A Streetcar Named Desire is an intricate web of complex themes and conflicted characters. Set in the pivotal years immediately following World War II, Tennessee Williams infuses Blanche and Stanley with the symbols of opposing class and differing attitudes towards sex and love, then steps back as the power struggle between them ensues. Yet there are no clear cut lines of good vs. evil, no character is neither completely good nor bad

"A Streetcar Named Desire," particularly in his character Blanche Dubois. Before the audience knows about Blanche’s awful, torrid past and secrets, the clever stage directions allude to Blanche's desire to hide the truth and how it eventually destroys her. In the drama, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” symbolisms used in stage directions like specific lighting, crucial sounds, and indicative character behavior are used to epitomize Blanche DuBois

Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Blanche DuBois’ sexual desire produces the idea that desire results in death. There are several examples of sex leading to death such as the names of the streetcars, Blanche finding her husband having sex with another man, and finally, Stanley raping Blanche destroys what is left of

In his article, “The Tragic Downfall of Blanche duBois,” Leonard Berkman states that Blanche’s tragic beginning and end do not meet at the same low point. He brings up the late 1940s and ‘50s American dramatist value of “the belief in intimate relationships […] as paramount among life’s pursuits” (Berkman). He goes on to describe Blanche’s struggle to not only achieve intimacy in her life, but her struggle to bring order and the difficulty at which it takes for her to form such connections. Berkman

speculations to materialize. With that stated, my account of the storyline is centered on Blanche DuBois’ personal struggles and the explicit confrontations she encounters with Stanley Kowalski. Although the story begins with a glimpse into the life of Stella and Stanley, it is quickly taken over by the presence of Blanche. As her backstory unfolds, the intrigue which grabs holds of the audience begins to be fulfilled. Blanche was portrayed as a disturbed yet educated Southern Bell, who hailed from a once

What defines Blanche Dubois? Does tragic define her? Does heroine define her? As Aristotle once said “a man cannot become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall”. Every hero/heroine has a tragic flaw which ultimately leads to their downfall, but can we call Blanche Dubois a tragic heroine? In theatre a tragic heroine is “a literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy” Looking at this definition

today. There was a number of women that died or went insane because of the standards that they had to meet in order to be considered good women. In this research paper I will talk about the experience of the narrator of The Yellow Wallpaper and Blanche DuBois from the story A Streetcar Named Desire. It will be shown within these pages how the moral and societal standards for women were far different than they were for men, and how the standards changed over the years. Furthermore it will be shown how