As mortal human beings, we all seek a substantial amount of happiness in our everyday lives. Oftentimes, we will lie about our past in order to bring what we hope will be true happiness, but in reality, we bring about our own downfall. In the play, A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams introduced Blanche DuBois, who had such a horrific past that she felt as if she had to cover it up and lie to the people of whom she cared about. As a young girl, Blanche had married a boy by the name of
Allan Grey, but she soon realized that he had been seeing another man. After confronting Allan about his affair, he felt ashamed and made the abrupt decision to end his life, thus causing Blanche to turn to other men for comfort. Living at the Flamingo
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Blanche wanted Stella to think that she had higher standards than those that she was provided with. In meeting her sister’s husband, Blanche was immediately attracted to him because of his strong, manly structure. Once jealousy had struck her, Blanche started flirting with her sister’s husband but Stanley felt as if every word that came out of her mouth was a lie. While sharing her experience of Belle Reve with Stella, Blanche felt satisfaction as she could tell that her sister was feeling guilty for not being there. Suspicious of Blanche’s speech about the plantation, Stanley demanded to see the papers, stating that he was being “swindled” and that he “didn’t like being swindled”. That night, when the men were having their weekly poker night, Blanche met Mitch and felt an instantaneous connection with him. Hoping that this was going to be the man she would marry, Blanche decided that it would be a better idea to tell he lies about her life back in Laurel. She told him that she was a school teacher and that she was just taking a leave of absence, when in reality, she had been fired for engaging in an affair with a student in her english class. Later on in the evening, Blanche had