Blanche attempts to take control over her present life and make her fantasy become a reality. As she struggles to get past her husband's suicide, she comes across a phase in which she wishes to please other men in order to feel complete with herself. Her husband's sudden suicide was traumatizing and this main factor pushed her to find comfort in men. As Blanche explains, “coming suddenly into a room which I thought was empty- which wasn’t empty but had two people in it… the boy I had married and an older man who had been his friend for years” (114). Through this event, we can tell how Blanche has guilt because she made her husband feel horrible for being with another man which led him to shoot himself.
The play “A Streetcar Named Desire” is about an emotionally unstable lady named Blanche. She moves in with her youngest sister and her husband because the landlord took the land away from Blanche because they could not pay for it anymore. After being their for a while Blanche starts remembering her horrible past which is something she was trying to do in the first place. The husband of Stella, Stanley Kowalski was also someone that made Blanche’s life miserable for complicating everything and harassing her in every possible way. Death is one of the most symbolic terms in this play.
Blanche believes inner peace and fulfilment through companionship can cover her sins and cleanse her reputation. Blanche experienced tragedy in her youth with the loss of her marriage. This has now led her to seek emotional fulfilment through relationships with men. But she does not realise that putting her dependence in men will lead to her downfall. Her fate is in the hands of others, including Stanley Kowalski.
Talking about Blanche Dubois in the streetcar named desire play, this is a tragedy figure in mid-20 century of Tennessee William. There were many things happen in her life which least to a sexual addicted, lost, conflict figure. At the young age, she had a quick love and got marriage with her first love Allan. I think she just want to have free life with love, no matter what, she can pay for her love. There was a miserable had changed after she found the truth about her husband.
Blanche is described as an emotional tragic figure trying to forget about her past. When Blanche was a young, innocent teenager, she fell in love with a boy named Allan Grey. Blanche says,” I didn't know anything except I loved him unendurable--”(103). In scene six, Blanche and Mitch starts talking about what being lonely feels like. Blanche admits to Mitch she is lonely by described as an emotional tragic figure trying to forget about her past.
Blanche expresses her emotions when she states, "Whoever you are—I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" (Williams 125). Blanche's feelings and knowledge of her dependence on strangers are conveyed through the author's distinctive writing style in this play, depicting a need for connection and an understanding of life's realities. Not only, but Williams' affinity to his character's emotional depths traces back to his struggles. Sources such as Myflorida indicate, "From his early childhood, Williams experienced the emotional turmoil of living in a dysfunctional family" (Qtd. in Myflorida). This connection resonates with Williams' battles with depression and hardships, which reflect Blanche's emotional journey.
Even if Blanche were to encourage the men, technically she is not in the right state of mind and therefore, I don't completely blame her for her actions as a character. Though I can understand why one would say that Blanche does victimize others; to changes the lives of the other characters in a negative way. By the end, Blanche is admitted to a Mental Institution because her family and friends either didn’t believe she was raped or being sane for she would only live in her own fantasy world. Blanche went through many hard times in her life from losing her job, her husband’s death and receiving a shameful reputation from it all. Due to these kinds of events from her past
Blanche represented hamartia in many ways which can include of her compulsive lying, creating a fantasy for herself and others, drinking antisocially, and her inability to be independent. Blanche 's dependence on men throughout the play was a main theme that Williams
It would be nice to keep you, but I've got to be good - and keep my hands off children. "(84) this portrays that Blanche's certainty of actuality is less to none, leading her to think that her inappropriate actions towards young men are acceptable.(B3) Due to the love of Blanche's late husband, Allen and the guilt she has accumulated over the years for his suicide Blanche relies on other men, specifically young to get the feeling she once had while with Allen because he died at a young age. (B4) Blanche is unable to manage the guiltiness she feels for her wrongdoings along with never forgiving herself for Allen's death and these events also lead to the loosening grip of Blanche's reality resulting in her mental state becoming even more fragile.
Both Blanche's family and Belle Reve represent her dream to indulge in a sophisticated, high class, and luxurious life. When all of Blanche’s family dies and Stella leaves, Blanche loses the first piece of her “beautiful dream.” She no longer has the money to support herself, since her educational career provides insufficient funds. After the tragic loss of her husband, Blanche loses Belle Reve and loses her job, symbolizing that her “beautiful dream” has been fully crushed and the only remnants of her dream are the lies she feeds herself. This fall of social class leads Blanche to carry a tone of classism.
In this story, Tennessee Williams each main character such as, Stanley, Mitch, Blanche and Stella, embodies a specific behavior that does not always fit to the gender stereotypes that they belong to. Indeed, the author categorizes Mitch as the “good guy” who feels some emotions
Her appearance is described as a “delicate beauty [that] must avoid a strong light” but is quickly contrasted with her comparison to “a moth” (5). Though Williams allows the audience to interpret her equitably, he also alludes to her conflicting character; moths are typically attracted to lights, yet Blanche’s beauty comes undone when “light” exposes her (5). The unbiased perspective quickly dissolves as Blanche begins to interact with other characters in the play and starts using her various facades to appear as appealing as possible. Blanche’s insistence of avoiding light stems from her fear of being exposed and seen for who she truly is. In her first verbal reaction to avoiding light, Blanche commands her baby sister, Stella, to “turn that over-light off,” insisting she wouldn’t “be looked at in this merciless glare” (11).
This is made clear through Stanley’s insecurities about inferiority to women and his prolonged struggle to defeat Blanche. Again, this is evident with Blanche and even Stella. Stella is perceived as a static character with no real individuality, and Blanche, who is seemingly more independent, is characterized mostly by her sexuality. Tennessee Williams demonstrates society’s need for the superiority of men to women through the interactions of Stanley and Blanche in the play, their struggles, and their ultimate
Blanche is crushed by the weight of society pressuring her to find a man. Stella is so consumed by her love for Stanley she is blind to the problems in her marriage. Each character represents a typical human desire, and Williams
Blanche’s desire for marriage stems from the happiness she felt from her first marriage when she was young. She was completely in love with her husband, and was utterly shocked to find out that he preferred men to the point where she had called him “disgusting”. In the end, he took his own life and Blanche had become widowed. Scarred by the death of her husband, she finds content in the arms of any stranger who admires her façade. Blanche’s dependence on a man is a clear representation of her desperation for a married life.
