“Blanche DuBois” Tennessee Williams was born Thomas Lanier Williams. Williams came into the world in Columbus, Mississippi on March 26, 1911. The playwright wrote; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Street Car Named Desire, Night of the Iguana, just to name a few. Tennessee wrote about things he saw daily during his childhood. His parents had a turbulent relationship. He earned his B.A. from the University of Iowa. Williams wrote about real life issues that touched many lives like; adultery, incest, mental illness, to name a few. Williams died in 1983 in New York City hotel room. The character of Blanche was a free spirit, expensive taste and mentally unstable. Blanche DuBois is a true southern belle. She is passionate, sexy, and a free spirit. Her style of dress is seductive; silk dresses, with feathers, and “genuine fox fur pieces”. Accessorized with “ropes of pearls” and “bracelets of solid gold”. She would wear expensive sweet perfume. Blanche grew up on a plantation called Belle Reve, in Mississippi. Blanche taught high school English. She traveled from Laurel to New Orleans to visit her sister Stella. Stella lives in two-room …show more content…
During this time the world was changing and Blanche seemed to be out of touch with reality. Living in a small town and growing up on a plantation, she was in her own little world of southern traditions down to arranged marriages. She was raised to be a housewife where the husband was the main breadwinner. When Blanche visited her Stella in New Orleans, she was in for a culture shock! The apartment that Stella lived in and her husband Stanley took Blanche by surprise. What was equally surprising to Blanche was how Stanley treated Stella, the exact opposite of what she was accustom to