Tennessee Williams was once quoted as saying Symbols are
nonhing but the natural nomenclature of drama...the purest
language of plays (Adler 30). This is clearly evident in
A Streetcar Named Desire, 1 of Williamss many plays. I
n analyzing the main character of the story, Blanche
DuBois, it is crucial to use both(prenominal) the literal text as well
as the symbols of the story to get a complete and thorough
understanding of her.
Before one can understand Blanches character, one must
understand the reason why she moves to New Orleans and
joins her sister, Stella, and brother-in-law, Stanley. By
analyzing the symbolism in the premier(prenominal) scene, one can
understand what prompted Blanche to move. Her appearance in
the initiative scene suggests a moth (Williams 96). In
literature a moth represents the soul, so it is possible to
see her entire excursion as the journey of her soul (Quirino
63). Later in the same scene she describes her voyage:
They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, and then
transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride half a dozen blocks and
get off at Elysian Fields (Quirino 63). Taken literally
this does not seam to add much to the story; however, if
one investigate Blanches previous(prenominal) one, can truly understand
what this quotation symbolizes.
Blanche left her home to
join her sister, because her bread and butter was a miserable wreck in
her former place of residence. She admits, at one point in
the story, that after the death of Allan (her husband)
intimacies with strangers was all I seemed able to fill my
empty heart with (Williams, 178). She had sexual relations
with anyone who would agree to it. This is the first step
in her voyage-Desire. She said that she was forced into
this situation because death was indispensable and The...
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