As long as we can touch it, feel it, smell it, hear it, or see it; it is real True Not exactly. Looking insightfully at Blanche, we see a pure, innocent, fragile like a moth, yet radiant woman. These characteristics are portrayed through her preference of colors. Blanche believes that she is a refined type that needs to "put on soft colors, the colors of butterfly wings, and put a paper-lantern over the light;" as it assures her that the naked truth is hidden. It is interesting because her clothes are real, are they not? They don't dissipate once they are worn. The whiteness of them releases an aura of virginity and serves as an illusion that distracts us from the truth of her promiscuity. Ellen Raskin said, " People are so afraid of revealing their true selves, they have to hide behind some sort of prop;" this is exactly how Blanche conducts herself. She hides herself through disguises such as pretending to be virginal, innocent, and a non-alcoholic, because her reality is surrounded by concrete illusions which help her cope with various life situations.
We do not recognize the importance of illusions, as they appear in many forms. Our population utilizes illusions in order to grow and move forward. Men are charmed by women and together they continue the population; "[But] after all, a woman's charm is fifty percent illusion." As well, illusions serve as a coping mechanism for us to escape certain situations that become potentially threatening. For example, fictional novels, they entertain us and allow our imagination run wild, but the stories told are not authentic. Art. Artists create images that reveal their form of reality, not ours. Depending on how their work is depicted, the truth may be distorted. Words may be integrated into an illusion though the use of lies. "[People] don't [necessarily] tell [the] truth, [they] tell what ought to be [the] truth." It is hard to realize what the truth really is and what it stands for.