How Is Blanche Dubois Insane

(TH) In Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, the protagonist Blanche Dubois goes insane. (A1) At the beginning of the play, Blanche depends on alcohol but wants to hide it. (A2) According to the narrator, “she springs up and crosses to it, and removes a whiskey bottle. She pours a half tumbler at the sink” (18). (A3) In this citation, alcohol is used because Blanche Dubois uses alcohol to distract herself from reality and to retreat further into a world of fantasy, so this habit of hers is often hidden. (B1) (TR) In addition to her alcohol habit, Blanche does not want to be alone because of all the deaths that happened. (B2) In Blanche words, “I want to be near you, got to be with somebody, I can’t be alone” (23)! (B3) These words that Blanche says is the first hint of her madness. (B4) Also with this Blanche states, “funerals are pretty compared to deaths. Funerals are quiet, but
(C1) (TR) Additionally, throughout the play, Blanche fears the light. (C2) Blanche shows her fear in light when she first meets Mitch. (C3) Blanche asks Mitch to cover the light with a paper lantern and then she says, “I can’t stand a naked light bulb, anymore than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action” (55). (C4) Blanche intention to cover the light bulb shows her mental state and light is symbolic of truth and Blanche is not fully trustworthy. (C5) Furthermore, Blanche also fears the light when she states, “I don’t want realism. I want magic [ Mitch laughs] Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don’t tell truth, I tell what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful, then let me be damned for it!-Don’t turn the light on! (C6) Blanche’s fears of the strong light is more than the age showing because she is refusing to look at the whole in a harsh light. (SBD) (CL) Throughout all of the events of the play of blanche Dubois life, she slowly develops into a fragile stage, and is incapable to overcome tragedies