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How Is Blanche's Insecurity In A Streetcar Named Desire

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In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche possess a common theme of wanting to hold onto her youth. Blanche’s stance on her age is best expressed with her relationship with Mitch. After a couple nights out with Blanche, Mitch nevers learns her age because he was too in love with Blanche. On the other hand, Blanche worried about the dreadful question “How old are you.” With the feeling of being too old for Mitch, Blanche wasn’t confident in telling him her age. In scene 6 Mitch says, “I talked to my mother about you and she said, ‘How old is Blanche?’ And I wasn’t able to tell her.” Blanche’s response was to change the subject. This is the result of Blanche’s insecurity of her age. She feared that Mitch would leave her as soon as he figured out her
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