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Blanche is too tender and innocent to cope with all the problems independently. From this point, the reader is inclined to feel sympathy for Blanche because of her loss and because of the woman’s helplessness in front of the life collisions and problematic situations. The reader can understand the role of the beloved husband in Blanche’s life analyzing all the dramatic consequences of the woman’s loss. Reacting to the public’s opinion, Blanche states, “I loved someone too, and the person I loved I lost” (Williams 113). Blanche’s grief depends on her love for her husband, and the readers have many reasons to believe in Blanche’s fair feelings and emotions.

As a result, Blanche loses her family’s mansion and herself in the struggle with the society. The pressure of the situation and the public’s opinion along with the grief and financial problems make Blanche helpless and nervous. Moreover, many people discuss the woman as guilty in the man’s death. However, the readers feel a kind of sympathy for the character of Blanche because her nervousness is the result of her husband’s death, Blanche’s lies are affected by her life perception, the morally wrong actions are caused by her seeking for support, and in many cases Blanche is only a victim of the situation or of the public’s opinion.īlanche is challenged by a lot of problems after her husband’s death. Blanche is inclined to lie and hide the real facts of her life, some aspects of her story can be discussed as dramatic, and her reputation is rather notorious. Blanche is depicted as a woman who cannot find herself in the life after the series of the problematic situations, and her slow downfall leads to the mental illness. Blanche DuBois is the main character of Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire (1947). The mastery of a writer can make the readers sympathize for the characters’ destinies and their overcoming many difficulties in life according to the writer’s intentions but in spite of the traditional opinions and prevalent public’s visions.

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