A streetcar named desire

             In Tennessee William's multifaceted and Influential play A Streetcar Named Desire,
             Blanche Dubois is a fallen woman in the society's eyes, she has suffered through the deaths of all of her loved ones, save Stella, and the loss of her old way of life. When Blanche was a teenager, she married a young boy whom she worshipped; the boy turned out to be depressive and homosexual, and not long after their marriage he committed suicide. While Stella left Belle Reve, the Dubois ancestral home, to try and make her own life, Blanche stayed behind and cared for a generation of dying relatives. She saw the deaths of the elder generation and the end of the Dubois family fortune. In her grief, Blanche looked for comfort in amorous encounters with strangers. Eventually, her reputation ruined and her job lost, she was forced to leave the town of Laurel. Trying to find peace and solace she travels to New Orleans to reside with her sister. Unluckily her cruel fate follows her and it leads her to complete insanity. The play emphasizes on the differences between Blanche and Stanley Kowalski, Stella's husband. Blanche loves living in an idealistic world, while Stanley strictly relies on facts. Blanche loves illusions while Stanley likes realism. Sex is Blanche's weakness; on the other hand sex is Stanley's power he uses it to get what he wants.
             No wonder Blanche rejects reality in favor of illusion. Reality has treated her unkindly. Too much truthfulness destroyed her marriage. Taking refuge in dreams and illusions, therefore, she plays a perpetual game of let's pretend. She says what ought to be true, not what is true.
             In the story Blanche makes up a good portion of her past for the majority of the play. When she was young she lived an eloquent life in a mansion, but she eventually lost it due to unpaid bills. She tells everyone this part of her history but neglects to tell them what she had done during the intervening perio...

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