A Defense of Blanche DuBois from "A Streetcar Named Desire."

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It may be easy to see the flaws in Blanche and to blame her for her own downfall, but let's discuss the trauma in her life. Lecture #3. Bowne has his own tutoring company if you need help with composition, English class, reading, speaking, etc. Contact thewordtutor@gmail.com

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@Moocow2003 2 месяца назад

i saw the thumbnail & the background and was immediately like 'yeah, this is someone who'll understand Blanche DuBois" also "born that way- lady gaga!" killed me LOL

@user-kl5tu1xc8s 3 месяца назад

love your analysis. it makes me feel sad for her

@ras613pa 3 года назад

Agree with your overview and analysis. I've always viewed Blanche as the true 'heroine' of the play. Your focus upon her decision related to Mitch is critical. Through the decision to join with him, Blanche is accommodating, adapting, changing, surviving. I'd add: Her maintaining illusion (lies to Mitch) while she is adapting and her desire for an 'Alan' replacement (the young man who comes to the door) tells us that she is unwilling to give up her 'self' in order to survive. No one else in the play is a heroic. All characters in the play, in particular, Stanley & Stella demand change from Blanche to suit their own individual needs. Neither has any awareness that they are damaged people. They never adapt or grow. And, it easy to peek into a future 5 years forward and imagine neither of them surviving.

@MrWalterthomas 3 года назад

Thank you! Again, great analysis. Thanks for viewing and the feedback.

@ras613pa 3 года назад

@@MrWalterthomas Appreciate your reading and responding. In 1969, I wrote a paper on this subject at Penn which was considered 'odd' by my peers but NOT by my professor! lol :)

@magpiecritic3083 Год назад

Great explanation and love the background music and filming around nature. Very clear explanation which is for me very important. Thanks again

@notdeadjustyet8136 2 года назад

Fantastic analysis💙 With all her flaws, Blanche is a deeply tragic character. I find her ending too disturbing for words😭 Both sisters, each in their own way, remind us that the world is still very hypocritical, oppressive and unfair, especially to women. And, to make bad worse, it's largely our own fault! 😭 Thanks 💙❤️🖤

@susanaduarteraposo 2 года назад

I liked your explanation very much. I also interpreted the film like that…sadly, after the film was over I realised…hey…I’m Blanche. Very sad. Very beautiful film

@MrWalterthomas 2 года назад

Thank you! Glad it helped! I think many of us are the sensitive types who get abused by the brutes. That’s what Williams wanted to portray, as a sensitive, gay artist living in America.

@susanaduarteraposo 2 года назад

@@MrWalterthomas you are absolutely right…maybe people don’t realise that immediately. We are all trying to survive under a mask or facade but sometimes, comes a film like this one or a book or a stranger and we see clearly through them who we really are. It’s like a mirror… very scary indeed! Have a great evening. Greetings from Switzerland

@Asmenedas 9 месяцев назад

You made a very accurate great analysis about this psycho woman.

@vitodantas 2 года назад

i really like the background music and the background enviroment too, if you could do a review on the other characters or even on another movie like "chinatown" or "one flew over the cuckoos nest" i woud really appreciate, these movies have some very particular characters that went through some very tough encounters in life

@shanjaliarul6077 2 года назад

Wow I didn’t catch that Blanches husband was gay? Such a heartbreaking movie and a complex character. Her trying so hard to prove herself to men. I felt really bad for her even though she done some questionable things, she’s just a little traumatised girl looking for love and a life for herself. But so misunderstood by the other characters. That final scene was very difficult to watch. Love your background and analysis of Blanche. ☘️🌺🍁🌾

@jg3094 2 года назад

The 1951 movie portrayed Blanche's PTSD in a manner ahead of its time. I disagree with your reference that Blanche brought her "victims" to the hotel. Society placed her in a trap that closed her and repeated the pattern right into the insane asylum. With no escape, she had to endure the pain.

@MrWalterthomas 2 года назад

I do agree with you. I'm only quoting what Williams had Blanche says. "She brought them to the Hotel Tarantula... that's where I brought my victims." Does she actually feel this way? Does she herself as a victim, or the seducer, too, of young men, due to her PTSD of the death of her young husband after she caught him on their wedding night, and she said, "I saw. You disgust me." Then he shot himself. Then she hears the polka song and the gun shot her whole life. Two sensitive souls in a Stanley-Man world of toxicity. This is when she has had much too "Southern Cheer (Comfort) and is being attacked/almost raped by Mitch. She is in a trap. The movie cuts all reference to homosexuality, and so many other changes.

@notdeadjustyet8136 2 года назад

I agree . All of the characters are victims in one way or another, but nobody more so than Blanche. Although she's far from blameless, her ending is pure tragedy, just like most of her life!