But, honey, you know as well as I do that a single girl, a girl alone in the world has got to keep a firm hold on her emotions or she’ll be lost!” Blanche DuBois, the tragically poignant character of Tennessee Williams’ notable play A Streetcar Named Desire, compensated for her disheveled past with fantasies. Scarred by the abrupt suicide of her husband Allen Grey, Blanche gradually slipped into a world governed by her …showed first 75 words of 580 total…

…showed last 75 words of 580 total…world of mixed emotions and fantasy. On the whole Blanche’s lustful fantasies lead to her tragic demise, as did her previous husband Allen Grey. Conversely Allen died a physical death where as Blanche “died” an emotional death. In conclusion Blanche avoided coping with a painful reality due to the fact that she lived in a world of “make believe”, where her fantasies provided an escapable refuge from the harsh world she actually lived in.