... . First seen clothed in a manner fit for a high-society afternoon tea, her dress starkly contrasts with the part of town in which she arrives. Tennessee Williams describes her appearance as "incongruous- to the setting of the play (Scene 5). She is dressed completely in white, a symbol of innocence and purity. ... which Blanche dresses provides the reader with his first glimpse of a major conflict in the drama: the true reality of life versus created illusion. Tennessee Williams is famous for dressing his most degenerate characters ironically in all white, so this provides readers with an...

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• Grade Level: High School

... want for sex. Reality puts a constant pressure on Blanche but she chooses to ignorantly disregard it. Tennessee Williams has a flair for writing about reality clashing with fantasy in some of his plays. In The Glass Menagerie, Laura's unrealistic grasp on life clashes with Tom's ability to function in ... the "real" world. In A Streetcar Named Desire, there is a combination of raw reality and deliberate fantasy between Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois (Riddel 24). Williams throughout ... self-image, sleeping with many men to no avail - she still remains completely alone. Says Normand...

• Word Count: 2772
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• Grade Level: High School