Blanche of Lancaster

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a delusion, Blanche escapes from reality. Which is Blanche’s main problem because, life is not a fantasy. As seen in the play, A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams. Blanche has come to stay with her sister, Stella, and her brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski in New Orleans after a tragic experience. She comes to Stella in hope of finding help after the death of her husband, Allen Grey. While visiting Stella she, meets Mitch, a man…

A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams, tells the story of Stella and Stanley Kowalski and the dramatic turmoil that overtakes their relationship upon the arrival of Stella’s sister Blanche DuBois. In the first half of the play, Williams introduces both the setting and the primary characters almost immediately using vivid imagery, appealing to both the visual and olfactory senses of his readers; “"You can almost feel the warm breath of the brown river beyond the river…

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…

fear of reality. In A Streetcar Named Desire, “delicate beauty” (1. 5) Blanche DuBois uses darkness as a method of illusion to hide her true mentally unstable nature. Just before this scene begins, Harold Mitchell, Blanche’s beau, has humiliated her by refusing to attend her party held at Stanley and Stella’s home. Suddenly, Mitch appears at the door and Mitch confronts…

abusive tendencies and seek a new life with her sister, Blanche. Blanche enjoys taking baths as often as she can in order to wash away her past and forget about it. In scene seven, Stanley reveals that Blanche has a long history of male lovers after the death of her husband. While Stanley is explaining…

all individuals experience trials that prohibit them from moving forward, Stella’s marriage becomes a trial that not only prevents her from moving forward but drags her backward, erasing the individuality she once achieved. Although Stella’s sister Blanche, views her reliance on her husband as weak, and looks down upon Stella for the life she now leads, it is easy to take note of how Stella remains inhibited by her husband, neglecting to remember that Stella paved the way for her own sister to…

Desire Blinds “A Street Car Named Desire” Written by Tennessee Williams, invokes many contrasting emotions within the main character Blanche Dubois, which leads to defense mechanisms that portray her character in a delusional way since she was influenced by society Blanche mixed her own motives and emotions creating a double personality between two worlds: one that has left her shame and deep scars from a past that chases after her constantly; and the one she wishes to create in order for her to…

responds with “When I’m losing you want to eat! Ante up,” this shows his macho man side doesn’t like to lose at and would prefer that everyone complies to him and his needs making him the alpha (Tennessee 45). Later in the scene Stanley gets angry at Blanche and throws the radio which Stella starts to call him a “drunk animal” (Tennessee 57). He then quickly strikes her and gets pinned by the other men. Mitch orders the men to throw him in the shower, and as how Darwick says we see some of the…

most prominent character in the play that follows their desire is Blanche. Blanche desperately tries to deny her desires; however, desire is the emotion that motivates and drives her, quite literally in fact, when her desire causes her to be driven out of town. Blanche cannot figure out the right way of handling her feelings; she is constantly either restraining or chasing her desire. She countlessly…

In the movie called Black Swan (2010), a dedicated ballerina name Nina Sayers’ conscious is portraying a persona to the world and the ballet’s company that she is well-balanced and has complete control over her life. However, as she strive to impress her mother, Thomas, and Lily that she is well capable of dancing both the black and the white swan scene in the play. It look as if Nina deepest passionate desire has unleased the black swan personality from out of depth of her unconscious, the id.…