I cannot choose one side or the other. In one way I sympathize because Blanche DuBois is quite the tragic figure. She seems confused and lost and lashes out in sexual ways. Perhaps the death of her husband and the circumstances surrounding him drove her mad? If that wasn’t enough then maybe the death of the rest of her relatives at Belle Reve did her in? Regardless it makes you want to have sympathy for her even though she is the protagonist in the story. She lies so much it is as though she believes her own lies and can no longer distinguish reality from fantasy. I feel the rape completely sent her into madness. She can’t deal with events of her life and instead of facing them she retreats deeper into her make believe world. Her life has
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Take Blanche and Stanley for example. He is her brother in law yet the sexual tension between the two is quite evident from the start. Stanley relates to women only in a sexual manner just as Blanche relates to men. During the rape scene Stanley says that he and Blanche have “had this date with each other from the beginning,” and we understand why he says it due to how both of them interact with the opposite sex. It is the most tragic aspect of the story and it is hard to imagine a different ending. I suppose I do feel sympathy for Blanche. It’s as though she lies to conceal the real her because she does not want people knowing the truth of all her tragedies that she has had to endure. She would rather people believe the façade she imagines then know the horrible things she has done due to the unforgiving nature of events that fell upon her in her life. Blanche is stuck in the wrong time fantasizing about southern gentleman and unable to come to terms with the modern world she is living in. Remember how she says to Mitch, “Never inside, I didn’t lie in my heart”. What she meant is she believed all of her lies about her lady like demeanor and her age as Mitch did. Blanche was absolutely the protagonist but you could not help but feel sympathy for her throughout so many of the
Take Blanche and Stanley for example. He is her brother in law yet the sexual tension between the two is quite evident from the start. Stanley relates to women only in a sexual manner just as Blanche relates to men. During the rape scene Stanley says that he and Blanche have “had this date with each other from the beginning,” and we understand why he says it due to how both of them interact with the opposite sex. It is the most tragic aspect of the story and it is hard to imagine a different ending. I suppose I do feel sympathy for Blanche. It’s as though she lies to conceal the real her because she does not want people knowing the truth of all her tragedies that she has had to endure. She would rather people believe the façade she imagines then know the horrible things she has done due to the unforgiving nature of events that fell upon her in her life. Blanche is stuck in the wrong time fantasizing about southern gentleman and unable to come to terms with the modern world she is living in. Remember how she says to Mitch, “Never inside, I didn’t lie in my heart”. What she meant is she believed all of her lies about her lady like demeanor and her age as Mitch did. Blanche was absolutely the protagonist but you could not help but feel sympathy for her throughout so many of the