Blanche DuBois

Blanche Dubois is a wealthy, up-scaled, classy woman, at least that is what she wants people to believe when she visits her sister in New Orleans. Blanche, a character in Tennessee Williams’ play, “A Streetcar Named Desire”, has gone through many tough trails in life. Although she would like nothing more than to forget her past and start fresh, she makes decisions that end up hurting her rather than helping. Throughout the play Blanche’s sanity slowly fades away as she finds turning her fantasy…

I cannot choose one side or the other. In one way I sympathize because Blanche DuBois is quite the tragic figure. She seems confused and lost and lashes out in sexual ways. Perhaps the death of her husband and the circumstances surrounding him drove her mad? If that wasn’t enough then maybe the death of the rest of her relatives at Belle Reve did her in? Regardless it makes you want to have sympathy for her even though she is the protagonist in the story. She lies so much it is as though she…

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…

Blanche DuBois: Functioning through Fantasy “We 're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we 're not alone.” This statement from Orson Welles perfectly sums up Blanche’s philosophy about life in A Streetcar Named Desire. Blanche DuBois is a young woman from a formerly rich southern family. Her life has been full of mistakes and tragedies that she can’t get over. She creates a fantasy life full of millionaires…

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, her realist brother-in-law sees through her lies. Ms. DuBois’…

In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams makes it so the notions of brutal desire and death dance together in a vicious waltz around Blanche DuBois, the tragic main character of the play. The pair constantly haunts her from the moment she arrives in Elysian Fields in the form of two streetcars, Desire and Cemeteries, representing her inevitable downfall that stems from her unyielding wishes for intimacy and to fit into society, both created from terrible past experiences. Blanche’s…

Character Analysis of Blanche Dubois Born Thomas Lanier Williams on March 26, 1911, Tennessee Williams suffered through a difficult and troubling childhood. His father, Cornelius Williams, was a shoe salesman and an emotionally absent man. He became an abusive father, as his children grew older. His mother, Edwina, was a preacher’s daughter and was a spoiled southern belle. The combination of these two were likely the inspiration for the characters of Blanche and Stanley. In A Streetcar Named…

Despite their polar opposite upbringings, Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire share similar qualities that cause them to frequently bump heads with each other. They dislike the same qualities in the other that they have in themselves. For both characters, their passions and desires dictate their actions throughout the play. Both Blanche and Stanley express their feelings passionately, causing a blurred line of reality. These qualities and…

see more. On the other hand, Kazan’s film main character Blanche DuBois, is played by Vivien Leigh. Furthermore, Vivien Leigh, creates a divergent character in the film who fights between her reality, fantasy and the judgements that are made towards her. The film uses a handful of scenes from the play, written by Tennessee Williams, however there are some very important lines left out in certain scenes in the film. It is…

not let a man define her or tell her what to do. This character is Blanche Dubois. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams’ shows how Blanche has become a victim to her own self delusions and Old Southern attitudes after she had come to stay with her sister, Stella. Blanche became a victim of her own self-delusions because she has the attitude that the world should pay attention to her, and that she has the right to…