In Tennessee William’s’ play A Streetcar Named Desire, a major theme that is present is the desire to escape. In the play, Williams clearly tends to favor the real world of Stanley and Stella Kowalski, than the imaginary world of the unfortunate Blanche Dubois. He demonstrates that when the two worlds intersect, reality will smash the artificial world of illusion. The first evidence that proves Williams alliance with reality, is Blanche’s life before …showed first 75 words of 452 total…

…showed last 75 words of 452 total…but imagination! And lies and conceit and tricks!” Stanley then rapes Blanche, shattering her world forever. Weeks after the episode, Blanche could not convince anybody that she was raped, because nobody could believe her, for she was always basing things around imagination. The world of reality defeats Blanche when she is hauled off to a mental institution. The final incident that solidifies Williams’ alliance with reality, is the distressing scene where Stella remains with Stanley