Personal View on the Character Blanche in the Play a Streetcar Named Desire

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Personal Analysis of the Character Blanche in the Play A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche Dubois is the main character of the play A Streetcar Named Desire. In fact, I believe she reflects the main conflict in this play. Blanche is overall a sensitive and insecure woman, which in this play represents the world of pure idealism. When she tries to establish her connection with the real world, her tragedy becomes inevitable. And there are two main reasons that lead to her madness in the end of the play. Blanche herself served as the internal cause of her madness. She was born and raised up in a rich family. What she had been exposed to was higher education as well as the decent lifestyle. Living under these conditions, her ego was boosted. She believed that she was born to be different and superior to the others. She relied so deeply on the sense of supremacy and the creation of her ideal world that when her shelter fell apart and the moment she had to build connection with the reality, the huge difference between the realism and idealism struck her hard. She lost her sense of safety, which made her crave for people’s attention and men’s appreciation. These two contradicting part inside her made her struggle between the self that she wanted to be and the self that she had to be. The external cause was the outside world, including the environment around her and the people she made contacts with. It initially started with Blanche’s first and only husband’s suicide. It was undeniable that Blanche was responsible for this accident. Although she was not the direct perpetrator, she still felt guilty for her husband’s death. This haunted her for the rest of her years. After that, she lost her one and only paradise, Belle Reve, the one that represented her ideal world. As the first daughter in the
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