Examples Of Decay In A Streetcar Named Desire

“A Streetcar Named Desire” shows what life was like in the south and how its degrading society affect wealth, housing, and people. One example of decay is the apartment where Stella and Stanley live which is in the poor section of New Orleans and has not been taken proper care and maintenance of like other elegant buildings. Stella, Stanley, and other people who live there may be poor, but they do their best to make their homes livable. A second example of decay is that Blanche had lost her family home, “Belle Reve”, her husband and family both died, and she even lost her mind. After so much is taken from her, she falls into a state of depression where she pretends to be a high-class woman and she cannot tell the difference between reality