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Streetcar named desire: Mitch and Blanche

            Blanche DuBois and Harold Mitchell (Mitch): .
            
             There will never be a Blanche and Mitch. This relationship is a disaster waiting to happen from the very beginning. I feel that these two individuals came from two totally opposite worlds. They are the most imperfect match, but Mitch and Blanche had a ground of common suffering and loneliness. They clearly are attracted to each other because as a result of their experiences with the death of loved ones. Blanche lost her husband to suicide and Mitch, the girl who gave him the silver cigarette case with the poetic inscription. Though they both have similar experiences in life, they approach those experiences with different attitudes. Blanche thinks on a spiritual level and Mitch behaves morally and mildly. They believe the escape to their current reality and past is based on the success of this relationship.
             Blanche is truly the main focal point throughout out this play. She is the center of attention and is severely scrutinized. "Blanche's experience moves through the three dominate phases of modern literature from the real romantic haze of her arrival at Stanley's, through her realistic attempt to deal with her situation by courting Mitch, to the brutal face of nature, her rape, and destruction."" (Free 240) Blanche is a self destructive individual that can only blame herself for her motives. Her attraction to Mitch fulfills her direct motive and her intent. Her intent here is not based on true love but rather than "a way out."" As Blanche states in Scene IV, "I want to rest! I want to breathe again quietly again; Yes--I want Mitch Very badly! Just .
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             think! If it happens; I can leave here and not be anyone's problem - (Williams 81). This clearly illustrates why Mitch is an attractive solution to her past and present. She wants to provide a home for Mitch as much as she needs one provided by him."" (Kolin 7).
             In that very same scene (Scene IV), Blanche shows further why her motive is strictly illusional and a fixture that Mitch is answer to her problems.


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