The Queen of Denial

Reality can be a horrible social function for some people; reality can say that youre broke, that your old, that you are an undignified whore. Some of us try to reject reality and live in a fantasy world. We specify a lot of this denial in Blanche DuBois, the protagonist in Tennessee Williams play, A Streetcar Named Desire. Blanche fabricates her whole identity, creating a self-image as a woman who has never known indignity; she denies her past as a prostitute. This is why I say that Blanche DuBois is the Queen of Denial. When we graduation see Blanche she says, they told me to take a street-car named Desire, and transfer to one c every(prenominal)ed Cemeteries, and c in all down six blocks and get off atâ€"Elysian handle!. The streetcar ride symbolizes that Blanche is wishing for a new life. Blanche already denies the fact that she is broke, so shes surprised that she will be living with her sister in ghetto. Later on, we see that all of Blanches belongings are in one suitcase. The case is loosely filled with old and expensive dresses, long fox-pieces, and rhinestone. We see from this titty that Blanche denies that shes poor by carrying around insufficiency-to-be high programme clothing. As we move on in the play, we see that Blanche denies more than just her wealth. Blanche denies her purity.

In scene seven, Stanley tells Stella that Blanche had worked at the Hotel Flamingo as a prostitute. We see from this that Blanche denied her past by lying to Mitch, saying that she had never been more than kissed by a man. We see that Blanche was lying when she state that she was taking a leave of absence from her high give lessons career. Blanche actually had relations with a teenage boy. Obviously, Blanche is not subtle and innocent. The way Blanche implies that shes a virgin, talks softly, and wears white, are all ways that Blanche is denying her history as a whore. We see in scene ten, that Blanche will not believe that she ruined the relationship between Mitch and her, and the shes a prostitute who will likely... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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