Blanche Dubois

Peoples 1 Tashana Peoples Professor Johnson slope 201- 9E3 May 18, 2012 Final Research Paper A Streetcar Named hope Draft Blanche Dubois is a character in Tennessee Williams shrink from A Streetcar Named Desire. She is a rather important person in the play, as the plot is largely centered on her and Stanley Kowalski. Her character is challenging and contentious because she has a shocking past further portrays herself to be a stylish and sophisticated woman. Blanche arrives at her sister Stellas apartment in in the buff Orleans, Louisiana on a streetcar named Desire (symbol).The urban, somewhat muddied atmosphere is a shock to Blanche. Blanche then starts to look down on her sisters apartment as well as her maintain Blanche No, now seriously, putting joking aside. Why didnt you tell me, why didnt you write me, honey, why didnt you let me know? Stella furcate you what, Blanche? Blanche Why, that you had to live in these conditions (Scene One) She acts as if shes better than e in truthone else and too ethical to be living like they are. Even later on she insults her sisters living conditions, Stella still welcomes her sister with open arms.Blanche starts off in the very beginning of the play lying to Stella about her work situation Blanche I was so exhausted by all Id been through with(predicate) my- nerves broke. I was on the verge of- lunacy, almost So Mr. sculpt- Mr. Graves is the high school superintendent- he suggested that I take a bequeath 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 affair with an underage student. This is just one instance video display her interaction with the opposite gender.Later in the play readers find out that she has likewise been very promiscuous with numerous men when Stanley receives this information from a colleague. This along with many other things leads to her wanting to escape Laurel. Stanley doesnt like Blanche and he makes it known that hes onto her lies. In Scene Ten he begins to tell her that she acts classy and has fancy items but not once does that film him. He even 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 cable from a man who invited her to go to the Caribbean with him.He is supposedly a wealthy man and she tries to appearing 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 upset(a) life, including a marriage 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 mental hospital with a doctor.