A Streetcar Named Desire

Illusion and Magic in Blanche DuBois’s Character Throughout Tennessee William’s play, A Streetcar Named Desire, there is a prominent and continuous theme of realism and magic. In particular this theme manifests itself deeply in one specific main character, Blanche DuBois. In the play, Blanche finds herself in a consistent struggle with reality; she has immense difficulty accepting her true life, her reality. Because of Blanche’s role in the tragic suicide of her first love and husband, she…

readers analyze the character even closer. Blanche Dubois is a wealthy, up-scaled class woman, at least, that is what she wants people to believe, who goes to visit her sister in New Orleans. Blanche is a character in Tennessee Williams’ play “A Streetcar Named Desire” who has gone through many tough trails in life. Not always making the best decisions all Blanche would like is to forget the past and start fresh. However, with the loss of her sanity and youth, Blanche finds turning her fantasy…

Blanche’s past experiences play a role in her desire to seek refuge from a world which shuns her through Mitch’s kindness. ‘I want to rest! I want to breathe quietly again’ is powerful in revealing the theme of illusion and reality is central to the play in that Blanche utilises illusion to find solace…

This play written by Tennessee Williams was powerful and had fundamental parts that reflected the power and manipulation of men versus the power of women. He also demonstrated how vulnerable and weak women can be when danger or pleasing men becomes part of a routine. In the play Stanley was describe as the typical violent and possessive man that had control towards Stella. While his wife Stella was very vulnerable and did not had voice or opinion at home, which reflected the power of men in…

The Fading Light The play A Streetcar Named Desire written by playwright Tennessee Williams intertwines with the life of Blanche DuBois. The main theme of the dramatic play mostly concerns that of Blanche, and the upmost tragedy. Blanche is seen as a woman stuck in a tragedy and living two identities between two different worlds. Blanche is feigning between the two very different worlds, the one of the past, and the present. She is a lonely and frightened soul, who consoles her life around…

Throughout the play A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams develops Stanley Kowalski as what some would call a brute. He uses many different methods of characterization including indirectly through his actions, and his treatment of other characters, and directly from his description of him and other characters descriptions of him. Stanley is mainly characterized as a very hot-headed and animalistic person. There are many times in which this is shown through his actions. This is clearly…

Many people in the world use past experiences to gain attention from others. Throughout "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennesse Williams, Blanche Dubois is one that brings awareness to herself using her past life. From examining Blanche's depression, bad luck, and sensitivity, it is clear that Blanche Dubois draws sympathy from other in "A Streetcar Named Desire." Blanche uses depression from her past life to make others feel sympathy for her. After Blanche reunites with Stella, they begin to…

Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire centers on Blanche Dubois, a fading Southern belle from Laurel, Mississippi, who comes to stay with her younger sister Stella and husband Stanley Kowalski in New Orleans. Blanche is a fragile woman who constantly lives in her fantasy world to protect herself against outside threats and her own insecurities. She uses these fantasies to create an illusion to convince not only others, but herself that she is still young, admired and of social standing.…

Every person wants to portray a seemingly perfect life, whether it’s the real or not. Blanche DuBois, a character in Tennessee William’s “A Streetcar named Desire” lived a delusional lifestyle. While it is no secret that Ms. DuBois had dealt with her fair share of difficulty, her underlying mental illness greatly impacted her everyday choices. Her once perfect world is now in shambles and she will do anything to rebuild the life she used to have. Blanche’s fantasy world is shattered when Stanley…

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is a play about a former high school teacher, Blanche Dubois, who moved in with her sister and husband, Stella and Stanley. Blanche Dubois has been through many difficulties in order to fulfill the emptiness that is within her. Her young husband, Allen Gray committed suicide, she lost Belle Reve, and she lost her stature in Laurel. The driving force behind these actions were the empowerment of her desires. Williams uses allusions to develop the…