1. Tennessee williams's illusioned heroines
She has also lost Belle Reve, the place she used to live in with her aristocratic family. Losing Belle Reve stands for losing her aristocratic past. ... Belle Reve the plantation, symbolizes the past, both personal and collective, that is now onlya beautiful illusion; likewise, Vieux Carre, the cramped apartment of the present, stands for the threatening reality in which Blanche feels cornered.(Debusscher 173) ...
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- Grade Level: High School