Blanche Dubois Mental

In Tennessee William’s play “A Streetcar Named Desire” the character Blanche DuBois’s mental state deteriorates as the story progresses. During the play, several events in Blanche’s past are revealed. These events allow one to understand why Blanche acts the way she does, and why certain events affect her the way that they do. We should feel sorry for her because after analyzing her past and physiological problems she is the victim. Blanche grew up in a middle-class family but she lives her life filled with luxuries and fancy looking clothes. She prefers to live through magic rather than reality. This way she does not have to face her problems or past. Her physiological problems all started when Blanche witnessed the suicide of her husband very young. After catching him in bed with another man and calling him “disgusting”, her husband shot himself in the head on evening at a club. After the event of his death Blanche refused help and turned to promiscuity instead. Ever since Blanche has had many “friends” and comes onto every guy she is alone with. Losing a loved one to not only another man but to death is a tragic event in a person’s life. So by blaming her actions in New Orleans on the death is completely acceptable because if you were in her shoes many would act the same and try to hide from the past …show more content…
Blanche went through many hard times in her life from losing her job, her family estate Bell Reve, her husband’s death and receiving a shameful reputation from it all. Due to those events from her past Blanche becoming a victim quickly in the play and it is just that she is portrayed as one. Her living in her own little world and being the liar and conniving, story-telling women that she grew to be, is not reason to say she is the victimizer and deserved what she got in the