The Charater of Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire :: Streetcar Named Desire

The Charater of Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire     In A Streetcar Named Desire we focus on one-third main characters. wholeness of these characters is a lady called Blanche. As the play progresses, we in stages get to know more to the highest degree Blanche and the type of person she rightfully is in contrast to the type of person that she would like everybody else to think she is. using four main mediums, symbolism and imagery, Blanches action when by herself, Blanches past and her colloquy with others such as Mitch, Stanley and the paperboy, we send word draw a number of conclusions about Blanche until the end of Scene Five. Using the fore mentioned mediums we can deter that Blanche is deceptive, fruitless and seductive.     The writer, Tennesse Williams uses symbolism and imagery to help convey the idea that Blanche is deceptive, egotistical and seductive. We can clearly discover how deceptive Blanche is by the symbolism that Williams us es throughout the play. One can note how Blanche continually wears white dresses or a vehement kimono when she is being especially flirtatious, so that she makes people think that she is innocent and pure. In Scene Five Blanches white dress, a symbol of purity is stain which is symbolic of the fact that Blanche if far from being pure. Blanches world hinges on conjuration and deception as can be seen when Blanche pours her heart out to Stella in scene five, soft people... have got to be seductive... make a belittled - temporary magic. Blanche feels that she must(prenominal) trick and deceive in outrank to survive in a world where she is fading now and her looks ar leaving her. We are introduced to Blanche as a delicate beauty that must avoid strong light. Williams, portrays Blanche as an uncertain character who hides bathroom the veneer of outer beauty and who when is placed under the spotlight, fails to live up to the person she would like people to think that s he is. Williams also provides strong imagery of her as a moth, as she is dressed in white dress and is fluttering. This imagery of Blanche as a moth is further emphasised when Blanche herself later states, coiffe on soft colours, the colours of butterfly wings and glow.