How Does Dubois Use Light In A Streetcar Named Desire

At exactly what does too much sunlight exposure result in a burn? In Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche uses light to represent her own identity, shrouding it in lanterns and exposing it at times. She also uses it specifically in situations involving romance. Blanche’s use of light in instances with her husband Allan, the “boy,” as well as instances of how she responds to light now in her current life, implies how her husband made her too light sensitive – unwilling to be honest and loving, for fear of losing the other person in the relationship.
The way Blanche describes light when she talks about the “boy”, displays how her relationship with the boy allowed her to really be honest with her partner. Blanche portrays her