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By marrying, Blanche hopes to escape poverty and the bad reputation that haunts her. But because the chivalric Southern gentleman savior and caretaker (represented by Shep Huntleigh) she hopes will rescue her is extinct, Blanche is left with no realistic possibility of future happiness.
- Stanley Kowalski
Stanley represents the new, heterogeneous America to which...
- A Streetcar Named Desire: Blanche DuBois Quotes
Blanche explains to Stella that she cannot stay in a hotel...
- Themes
A Streetcar Named Desire presents a sharp critique of the...
- Stanley Kowalski
Blanche DuBois appears in the first scene dressed in white, the symbol of purity and innocence. She is seen as a moth-like creature. She is delicate, refined, and sensitive. She is cultured and intelligent. She can't stand a vulgar remark or a vulgar action. She would never willingly hurt someone. She doesn't want realism; she prefers magic.
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Stanley tells Mitch the unsavory stories he has uncovered about Blanche’s past. After verifying the details himself, Mitch becomes depressed and embittered, not just because of Blanche’s promiscuity but because he feels she has put on such a prim-and-proper act, refusing him anything more than a kiss. Mitch feels that she deliberately ...
Blanche herself is struggling to survive in that cold, cruel world. She, of course, symbolizes the Old South which was dealt a death blow by the Civil War and is being overwhelmed by strong ...
Character Analysis. (Click the character infographic to download.) Blanche DuBois is an uber-tragic figure. She’s out of place both geographically and temporally (that is, she's stuck in the wrong time). Blanche is lost, confused, conflicted, lashing out in sexual ways, and living in her own fantasies.
Quick answer: Blanche, in A Streetcar Named Desire, is a tragic heroine as she suffers misfortune disproportionate to her flaws. Her primary flaw is her inability to face reality, having clung to ...
