The play "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, focuses on a very vain woman named Blanche. Throughout the play it is evident that she is not the well put together, independent woman everyone perceives her as. Blanche states, "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" (Williams...
One of the main themes dealt with in William's A Streetcar Named Desire is that of truth and artifice, reality and illusion, as the main character Blanche Dubois is seen to live in her own imaginary world. Whilst her sister Stella deals with her reality Blanche creates illusions to forget hers. Stella's reality belongs with Stanley, in their little apartment, with sex as their stronghold. Although Stella was brought up through different surroundings she is happy with her life with Stanley, shown when Blanche first enters and expresses her horror at the appearing situation, Ste...
