Friday, March 31, 2006

3/31/2006 12:41:00 AM - A Street Car Named Desire

In this play by Tennessee Williams, the reader and the audience can see clearly how an individual who can't accept changes around her eventually breaks down mentally. The character I m referring to would of course be Blanche. At the start of the play we can see how she lies about numerous things to cover up about her past and also to create a life which she things should be and not what it really is. She drinks to create an illusion where she will drift into. What stirs my feelings would be how Blanche deals with the darkness in her life now. She does not know what to do in order to survive in the new America other than longing for sympathy from other people especially men. It is a pity to see someone getting drunk to the extent of not knowing what is fantasy and what is reality. Upon finishing the entire play, I can't help but feel that this play by Williams actually mirrors a lot to our daily lives. Although we may not do what Blanche did to get over our problems, I strongly feel that some of us might have had the same thoughts as Blanche did. Perhaps some of us did create our own illusion but we managed to get out of it. One thing I learnt from this play is that, we shouldn't let problems overule us. That is a fact!

3/31/2006 12:41:00 AM - A Street Car Named Desire

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