... Desire and The Glass Menagerie were two plays in which there was a woman who played a drastic role in life of the other characters; they were Blanche DuBois and Amanda Wingfield. Written by the same playwright, these two main female characters featured characteristics that were similar to both. Blanche and Amanda were "southern belles" who couldn't adopt a new lifestyle other than that of the southern aristocrats. They ... had been unsuccessful in coping with changes in the modern society, which resulted in the formation of fantasies and dreams to deal with their inability to change. Bo...

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