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Streetcar Named Desire - Blanche's Downfall
Title: Streetcar Named Desire - Blanche's Downfall
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 674 | Pages: 2.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Streetcar Named Desire - Blanche's Downfall
In Tennessee Williams’s play A Streetcar Named Desire, the character Blanche DuBois’s mental state deteriorates as the story progresses. During the play, several events in Blanche’s past are revealed. These events allow one to understand why Blanche acts the way she does, and why certain events affect her the way that they do. In the end, these events cause Blanche’s total mental breakdown.
The event that started Blanche’s mental deterioration …showed first 75 words of 674 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 674 total…a fantasy world, about to take a cruise on a yacht with a Texas oil tycoon. She is sent away to a mental institution.
These events all contribute to the mental breakdown of Blanche DuBois. After the death of her husband, she always looks for a way to get back to the way she used to be. Every attempt makes things worse in the long run, and she eventually deteriorates to a state of insanity.
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