In modern society people are being constantly judged based on their body image. In Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche DuBois feels the same pressure to look beautiful and young in the 1950’s that Americans feel today. The play begins with Blanche in a white dress in the French Quarter of New Orleans at her younger sister Stella’s house. Throughout the play Blanche struggles with finding a respectful man to love, while trying to convince Stella to leave her vulgar husband Stanley. Blanche finds love with the most respectable man in the French Quarter, Mitch. But, it ends badly when Blanche’s past is revealed to Mitch and he feels like she is no longer a woman worthy of his love. In Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire,
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Media puts an image of the “perfect body” which is not obtainable for the normal woman or man in society's head and if you do not look like that you are not pretty. In an article in NY Daily News, “One in five women said they are actively planning or considering plastic surgery”(Plastic Surgery). In a world so focused on looks it is no surprise that women are going to extremes to achieve these goals. Blanche feels like an old maid and being beautiful is the only thing that will get her a husband, she wears only the best clothes and is always wearing makeup to make sure she feels beautiful. Blanche cares more about what other people think of her that what she feels about herself because as long as she looks good nothing else matters. If Blanche was alive today she would definitely find the money to undergo many procedures to fix all of the imperfecting she felt she had. The low self esteem that Blanche has leads to her relationships not working because how can someone else love you if you do not love yourself and feel confident in yourself.If Blanche focused less on her appearance and more on her character and the people around her she would be a much happier person.
In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche and Mitch only go out on dates at night. Blanche feels as though if Mitch and her when out on a date during the day Mitch would see her wrinkles and her true age so, to prevent that they only go to poorly lit …show more content…
(Williams 41)
Blanche loves make believe and making things seem more elegant than they are. Mitch realises that he knows nothing about Blanche and comes to the house and confronts her by putting her face close to a light revealing her true age. With this Mitch is awakened and realises that Blanche is not the kind of girl he wants to marry. If Blanche was honest from the beginning she would have found love with Mitch, but because of the insecurities she relationship crumbled.
In A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche has very low self esteem, she feels as though she will never find a true love and now she is too old to even have a chance at love. Everyone has self esteem issues and plastic surgery makes some people feel better about those issues. As women get older they become more self conscious and Blanche is no exception to that rule. Tennessee Williams uses Blanche DuBois to show the insecurities that all women face in their
Media puts an image of the “perfect body” which is not obtainable for the normal woman or man in society's head and if you do not look like that you are not pretty. In an article in NY Daily News, “One in five women said they are actively planning or considering plastic surgery”(Plastic Surgery). In a world so focused on looks it is no surprise that women are going to extremes to achieve these goals. Blanche feels like an old maid and being beautiful is the only thing that will get her a husband, she wears only the best clothes and is always wearing makeup to make sure she feels beautiful. Blanche cares more about what other people think of her that what she feels about herself because as long as she looks good nothing else matters. If Blanche was alive today she would definitely find the money to undergo many procedures to fix all of the imperfecting she felt she had. The low self esteem that Blanche has leads to her relationships not working because how can someone else love you if you do not love yourself and feel confident in yourself.If Blanche focused less on her appearance and more on her character and the people around her she would be a much happier person.
In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche and Mitch only go out on dates at night. Blanche feels as though if Mitch and her when out on a date during the day Mitch would see her wrinkles and her true age so, to prevent that they only go to poorly lit …show more content…
(Williams 41)
Blanche loves make believe and making things seem more elegant than they are. Mitch realises that he knows nothing about Blanche and comes to the house and confronts her by putting her face close to a light revealing her true age. With this Mitch is awakened and realises that Blanche is not the kind of girl he wants to marry. If Blanche was honest from the beginning she would have found love with Mitch, but because of the insecurities she relationship crumbled.
In A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche has very low self esteem, she feels as though she will never find a true love and now she is too old to even have a chance at love. Everyone has self esteem issues and plastic surgery makes some people feel better about those issues. As women get older they become more self conscious and Blanche is no exception to that rule. Tennessee Williams uses Blanche DuBois to show the insecurities that all women face in their