Why do people want to live in a perfect world? Everyone wants to live in their own fantasy world because that is where all their dreams are able to come true. No one wants a world of grief and sorrow, since life should be lived to its fullest. So, when we are faced with agony, we must either make a choice between accepting it or hiding from it. In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams, the author mainly focuses on Blanche Dubois, a woman who moved to her sister’s house after losing Belle Reve, her family home. She is a deceptive and selfish person, who cannot accept the occurrence of agony in her life. As a result, she mentally deteriorates due to the lost and rejection of love, the lost of her family property and due to her brother in law’s mistreating.
The first cause of Blanche’s insanity is her husband death. In fact, Allan’s death has resulted her to go into a depression. For instance, she is unstable whenever she is reminded of her husband since she has some memories with him that she cannot forget. It is later revealed in the play that her husband was with another man and has killed himself due to her revulsion towards him. She loves her husband but loses the man as a result of her own actions towards him. Consequently, she cannot accept the fact that her husband is gone and this is why she chooses to have affairs with young boys. For example, she gets involved in an affair with a seventeen-year-old boy at school and tried to seduce a young newspaper boy. Thus, losing her husband after his suicide is the first cause of Blanche’s breakdown.
Another reason why Blanche becomes insane is the lost of her family property and her job. Indeed, she has lived her whole life in Laurel, a small southern town; her family has aristocratic roots and teaches Blanche about some of the finer things in life. But, after her husband decease, she is forced to sell Belle Reve, the family mansion, to pay for