Blanche Dubois Flaws

In A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, it is apparent that external flaws result from unresolved internal issues. This is especially apparent in the character, Blanche DuBois and can be observed further in scene six when Blanche tells Mitch, the man she has been seeing lately, about her late husband, Allan Grey, who committed suicide and the about last tune she heard while her husband was still alive, the Varsouviana, which haunts her. This tragic event resulted in Blanche’s lewdness, promiscuity, and excessive drinking of alcohol. It was at this moment in Blanche’s life when she lost her sanity and grip on reality, and when she also loses any lucidity she might have previously had before telling Mitch about her husband, Allen’s death.
After the death of Allan Grey, the life Blanche DuBois is living is not in reality, but rather in her own fantasy she creates to escape the tragedies and hardships of her life. Her approach to life can be observed even while she is bathing while singing the song, “It’s Only A Paper Moon”, which lyrics mean if both people believe in something, then it’s not make believe anymore. Blanche believes that if she can make others believe it, then anything can become a reality, so she creates various stories about …show more content…
After opening up about what happened to her husband, the inner meaning of the play started to reveal itself and the reader can understand what makes Blanche act in the manner she does. When unable to escape from her past, Blanche turned to drinking, sex, and lies which only furthered the decline of her mental health. Being unable to cope with the loss of her husband, she ran away from her past, putting on a facade for others to see in an unsuccessful attempt to escape from facing reality. All of these external flaws stemmed from internal flaws, which were caused by the loss of her husband, and eventually led to her mental