Blanche Dubois Psychological Analysis

Shattered by her husband’s suicide and the revolving deaths of relatives and of her ideal self, her world of fantasies no longer serves her solace. The nightmares she hears in her mind overwhelm the full spectrum of her make-believe world in which she cannot bear the interruption of the harsh reality. Although she lost her sanity after Stanley raped her, it is because she chose to mask her overwhelming anxiety and guilt that she created a domino effect of psychotic breakdowns. She alone is the sole cause of the destruction of her mental stability; hence, she permanently escaped into her fantasies, making her captivity to a mental institution imminent. Before losing her sanity, her deception was not only just the inception of destroying herself, but it exemplified her loneliness. She destroyed the potential to be sincerely happy with Mitch, and so, her redemption “so quickly” flees- just as “God” does (116). Blanche Dubois is aware of her inevitable fate when she falls into hysteria as the Mexican Woman sells “Flores para los muertos” (147); symbolizing the psychological death of her because she became disillusioned …show more content…
He illuminates how a minor decision has the potential to create chaotic psychological consequences as time progresses; such as Dubois running away from her guilt and anxiety by suppressing them within fantasies and illusions. Furthermore, Williams is a mirror image of the philosophical beliefs and emotional trauma that Dubois dealt with; revealing his own psychological terrors. He correlates his sister’s madness to Blanche Dubois’s final state; thus, is it is plausible to assume she became schizophrenic upon losing her sanity (Viagas). Overall, Dubois is the drastic epitome of what happens when an individual decides to ignore reality and suppress their inner