Themes In A Streetcar Named Desire

There are multiple of themes to A Streetcar Named Desire. Themes are about the land, imagination over reality, connection between sex and death, and men. The land is important throughout the play or just the South itself during their time. Belle Reve is extremely important to the DuBois family and after losing it, Blanche went a wrong path. Blanche has imagination and does not want to come to reality. She lies to other to make her life sound extravagant, but in reality, she does not have anything (Williams 85). Blanche stays in her own imagination because she does not want to accept how harsh her reality is. Her imagination makes a connection to death and sex. She is afraid of growing old and losing her beauty. In the book, she does not