Blanche Dubois

Peoples 1 Tashana Peoples Professor Johnson English 201- 9E3 May 18, 2012 net Research Paper A Streetcar Named Desire Draft Blanche Dubois is a character in Tennessee Williams fit A Streetcar Named Desire. She is a rather important person in the play, as the plot is by and large centered on her and Stanley Kowalski. Her character is challenging and controversial because she has a horrible past but portrays herself to be a fashionable and sophisticated woman. Blanche arrives at her sister Stellas apartment in New Orleans, Louisiana on a streetcar named Desire (symbol).The urban, somewhat grimy atmosphere is a shock to Blanche. Blanche then starts to look down on her sisters apartment as well as her husband Blanche No, now seriously, move joking aside. Why didnt you tell me, why didnt you release me, honey, why didnt you let me know? Stella Tell you what, Blanche? Blanche Why, that you had to live in these conditions (Scene One) She acts as if shes better than everyone else and t oo good to be existent like they are. Even after she insults her sisters living conditions, Stella motionless welcomes her sister with open arms.Blanche starts off in the very beginning of the play lying to Stella ab reveal her work situation Blanche I was so faded by all Id been through my- nerves broke. I was on the verge of- lunacy, almost So Mr. Graves- Mr. Graves is the high drill superintendent- he suggested that I guard a leave of absence. (Scene One) Blanche tells Stella that her supervisor allowed her to take time off because of her nerves when in fact she has been fired for having an involution with an underage student. This is just one instance showing her interaction with the diametrical gender.Later in the play readers find out that she has also been very lightheaded with numerous men when Stanley receives this information from a colleague. This along with many separate things leads to her wanting to escape Laurel. Stanley doesnt like Blanche and he makes it k nown that hes onto her lies. In Scene Ten he begins to tell her that she acts classy and has fancy items but non once does that fool him. He veritable(a) buys her a ticket to go home and tells his wife that Blanche has to leave on Tuesday. Towards the ending of the play, Blanche claims that she received a wire from a man who invited her to go to the Caribbean with him.He is supposedly a wealthy man and she tries to show off by bragging to people about it. Both the wire and the invitation turn out to be another one of her hallucinations. Blanche has had a disturbed life, including a nuptials that ended because her husband committed suicide after she discovers him having a homosexual affair. This leads her into a world where fantasies and illusions blend with reality. Everything she tells Stella and Stanley are lies and figments of her imagination. The play ends with her leaving not on a bus back to her hometown, but to a psychogenic hospital with a doctor.