Blanche Dubois In Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire

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Compulsive Lying Will Put You on a Streetcar to Crazy Town In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” Tennessee Williams, author, uses the theme of death and desire. The play revolves around the character Blanche DuBois; therefore, the play concerns her directly. Blanche is viewed as an interesting character with a troubled past. She used sex with strange men as a defense mechanism. She also lies continually to make her life appear more glamorous. She fears getting too close to a man. Her reasons for visiting her sister Stella are very interesting. She comes bearing bad news. She brings news that their prestigious home that they grew up in has been lost. She neglects to say that one of the reasons that she was run out of her town was because of having sexual relations with a teenage…show more content…
She tries to manipulate Stella and tries to blame her for the loss. She says that if she would have stayed during the hard times to help the others through their sickness and death that she could have focused more on taking care of the home instead of everyone else Blanche pokes fun at Stella's lifestyle and social standing when she herself is in an even worse situation. She is homeless and staying where ever she can. She is defending herself against blame for the loss of Belle Reve before Stella can even put her two cents in. In Stella’s eyes she thought that she was just one more person in the way. Stanley finds this interesting. He wants to know all of the legal reasons for the loss of Belle Reve. He’s thinking that because of his marriage to Stella that maybe he can get a chunk of the change that was given to Blanche for the home. Only to find out that belle Reve was taken not sold. Blanche throws all of the legal paperwork and tells Stanley to look them over. He tells her that he is going to have his lawyer look over the

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