Acts 4-6  These three acts are very revealing of Blanche’s personality. Blanche’s concern for her sister fuel her dislike for Stanley. Blanche reveals to her sister that “he’s common!” Blanche believes that her sister deserves much better, but Stella and Stanley are attracted by their differences and desires. Stanley, as a realist, tells Blanche early on that “[He doesn’t] go in for that stuff.” Meaning that he wont fall into her world of illusions and encourage her just as Stella does. Blanche pretends to be a glamourous, pure woman, but instead she’s old and washed out and she is not as beautiful as she once was. When Blanche kisses the young man, we realize her malice intentions. Blanche asks to kiss him, perhaps because he is young and pure, the way that she wants to be. Blanche actions are like a fairytale where an old witch who needs to take the beauty of a young woman to have the beauty that she once had. Blanche in scene 6 plays hard to get with Mitch. Blanche wants Mitch to take care of him and takes advantage of him in his sensitive state of his mother’s sickness. Blanche also tells Mitch the situation of her husband’s death that she feels responsible for. Blanche’s personality is a reflection of the trauma that she went through with the death of her young husband and the tragedy of losing Belle Reve. Mitch falls victim of Blanche’s neediness because he wants someone after his mother dies. In a way, Blanche and Mitch are using each other. Blanche is really settling for the first man she can find because she realizes that she’s old and not as beautiful as she once was. Her dependency is one of her worst qualities, as Blanche cannot stand to be alone. 

Acts 4-6 

These three acts are very revealing of Blanche’s personality. Blanche’s concern for her sister fuel her dislike for Stanley. Blanche reveals to her sister that “he’s common!” Blanche believes that her sister deserves much better, but Stella and Stanley are attracted by their differences and desires. Stanley, as a realist, tells Blanche early on that “[He doesn’t] go in for that stuff.” Meaning that he wont fall into her world of illusions and encourage her just as Stella does. Blanche pretends to be a glamourous, pure woman, but instead she’s old and washed out and she is not as beautiful as she once was.

When Blanche kisses the young man, we realize her malice intentions. Blanche asks to kiss him, perhaps because he is young and pure, the way that she wants to be. Blanche actions are like a fairytale where an old witch who needs to take the beauty of a young woman to have the beauty that she once had. Blanche in scene 6 plays hard to get with Mitch. Blanche wants Mitch to take care of him and takes advantage of him in his sensitive state of his mother’s sickness. Blanche also tells Mitch the situation of her husband’s death that she feels responsible for. Blanche’s personality is a reflection of the trauma that she went through with the death of her young husband and the tragedy of losing Belle Reve. Mitch falls victim of Blanche’s neediness because he wants someone after his mother dies. In a way, Blanche and Mitch are using each other. Blanche is really settling for the first man she can find because she realizes that she’s old and not as beautiful as she once was. Her dependency is one of her worst qualities, as Blanche cannot stand to be alone.