Deception and Illusion in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche DuBois succinctly summarizes herself and her vision of the world with two words: "I misrepresent."" (A Streetcar Named Desire, hereafter SND, p. 117 ). In fact, she misrepresents virtually everything about herself and her world. For Blanche DuBois, the world is composed of multiple elements in which she either deceives herself unknowingly or intentionally embraces an illusion. Blanche shows up at ... arrives at Stella's home. Alice Griffin observes that "On one level Blanche's opening words ask directions of the wo...

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