Belle Reve

I don’t understand what happened to Belle Reve but you don’t know how ridiculous you are being when you suggest that my sister or I or anyone of our family could have perpetrated a swindle on anyone else.” (Scene II, ll. 8 – 13). She is extremely defensive of her sister, and accepts the reality…

Reality can be a tricky thing. We can get lost in our fake worlds that we began to believe they are real like Blanche in “A Streetcar Named Desire”. But literature can have a big influence on this. I think that literature can contribute to us being able to see things different by the way the show us real life situations. “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennesses Williams Blanche DuBois lives in a world of created fantasy in her mind. The theme of the play goes off of how she can never really…

paper lantern to dim it. After all, “a woman’s charm is fifty percent illusion” (41), and Blanche’s flamboyant clothes and constant fishing for compliments and attention shows her emphasis on physical appearance. She is an aging, unmarried Southern Belle, used to being pampered. As the days pass, she grows increasingly worried about others’ opinion of her. Under dim light, individuals may not see the wrinkles on her face, but will notice the overall design of her face. Hopefully, her…

How is Blanche presented in scenes 1-3 of "A Streetcar Named Desire"? In the first three scenes of "A Streetcar Named Desire," Blanche DuBois is presented as the typical southern belle in opposition to the modern world. We see her frailty contrasted with New Orleans' rough, vibrant French quarter and the way in which the modern world appears to confuse her. The affection she displays for her sister seems both genuine and warm. However, we also see a darker side to her personality - she seems…

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Chosen Quote Respond and Analyze “After all, a woman’s charm is fifty percent illusion” This quote goes back to the idea of Blanche Dubois being stuck in a fantasy world and how she has the need to be desired. She says this Eugene. The journey that Blanche described when she is in the streetcar. It is clear that Williams used goes into a deeper meaning that with research I was able to interpret. Going back to research the name of Stanley…

The Broken Mirror When faced with a harsh reality that we cannot bare to live with, some people will try to diverge and create their own illusion or fantasy world to escape. However, when reality attempts to overcome the illusion or fantasy world, we enter a state of perpetual panic and retreat further into the delusional world. In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams, the subject of how the role of self-perception plays when individual try to reconcile the conflict between…

when she brings up the death of their family: “But you are the one that abandoned Belle Reve, not I! I stayed and fought for it, bled for it, almost died for it!” (1.45). Here Blanche blatantly tells Stella that she ran away from the past. When times were getting tough and family members started to die, Stella opted to run away instead of facing her problems. Blanche is the one who always brings the past of Belle Reve and doubt into the…

Tennessee Williams, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” is rife with illusion and misdirection of character development. The protagonist of the story, Blanche Dubois is on the surface the epitome of a southern lady. Due to the loss of the ancestral home, Belle Reve in Laurel she is reduced to seeking shelter with her sister Stella and husband Stanley who live in an impoverished section of New Orleans. Blanche superficially may represent a delicate well-bred southern lady, but behind this illusion is a…

The play A Streetcar Named Desire explores brutality vs. tenderness displayed through the personalities of Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois. Marlon Brando's charismatic portrayal of Stanley Kowalski in Elia Kazan's film version of A Streetcar Named Desire undermines the validity of Blanche's struggle. The contrast between Vivien Leigh's Blanche and Brando's Stanley emphasizes the most negative aspects of Blanche's character while supporting and validating the most positive of Stanley's,…

Society of Tennessee Williams’ time saw sexuality as a negative aspect of ourselves that should be suppressed because of its destructive nature. Throughout A Streetcar Named Desire Williams showcases his characters in this anti-sex society. He presents his characters in this society, not to praise it, but instead to highlight the negative effects of existing in such a world. Furthermore, through the actions and consequences his characters face in conforming to society’s standards, Williams…