A Streetcar Named Desire Illusion Vs Reality Analysis
The Broken Mirror
When faced with a harsh reality that we cannot bare to live with, we try to diverge and create a new route of illusion or fantasy to escape. However when reality comes knocking at our door we start to retreat further into this illusion or fantasy in order to preserve ourselves. In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams, the subject of how the role of self-perception plays when individual try to reconcile the conflict between illusion and reality is illustrated by the character named Blanche Dubois. Blanche Dubois acts out a fake representation of a women who has not been through embarrassment, or hardship which bring about the idea of illusion vs reality. She takes the spotlight with her initial appearance of fragility as well as her act of being an old-fashion Southern Belle, a women of high socioeconomic …show more content…
This turns out to be a big ruse that was a part of her illusionary image made up by herself. Blanche takes up this world of illusionary images in order to forget about her terrible reputation she had acquired with her stay in Laurel. Stanley’s realism is there to contrast the absurdity of Blanche’s magical world, and in the end prevails above all else.
Blanche is a figure born too late for her time. She was born with the characteristics and values of what the old south embodied. A world of chivalry, mannerism, and most importantly, social and economic status. The loss of Bella Reve is a significant event representing how the downfall of the old southern culture is being taken over by the new southern culture influence. The new south is represented by Stella’s husband Stanley “Two men come around the corner, Stanley Kowalski and Mitch. They are about twenty-eight or thirty years old, roughly dressed in blue denim work clothes” (Williams 13) Blue being the color of trust, loyalty, truth, and heaven. These represent Stanley quite accurately as he shows no patience or respect for lies told. Before the start
When faced with a harsh reality that we cannot bare to live with, we try to diverge and create a new route of illusion or fantasy to escape. However when reality comes knocking at our door we start to retreat further into this illusion or fantasy in order to preserve ourselves. In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams, the subject of how the role of self-perception plays when individual try to reconcile the conflict between illusion and reality is illustrated by the character named Blanche Dubois. Blanche Dubois acts out a fake representation of a women who has not been through embarrassment, or hardship which bring about the idea of illusion vs reality. She takes the spotlight with her initial appearance of fragility as well as her act of being an old-fashion Southern Belle, a women of high socioeconomic …show more content…
This turns out to be a big ruse that was a part of her illusionary image made up by herself. Blanche takes up this world of illusionary images in order to forget about her terrible reputation she had acquired with her stay in Laurel. Stanley’s realism is there to contrast the absurdity of Blanche’s magical world, and in the end prevails above all else.
Blanche is a figure born too late for her time. She was born with the characteristics and values of what the old south embodied. A world of chivalry, mannerism, and most importantly, social and economic status. The loss of Bella Reve is a significant event representing how the downfall of the old southern culture is being taken over by the new southern culture influence. The new south is represented by Stella’s husband Stanley “Two men come around the corner, Stanley Kowalski and Mitch. They are about twenty-eight or thirty years old, roughly dressed in blue denim work clothes” (Williams 13) Blue being the color of trust, loyalty, truth, and heaven. These represent Stanley quite accurately as he shows no patience or respect for lies told. Before the start