Psychological Conflicts Of Blanche Dubois In The Play Streetcar Named Disire By Tennessee Williams

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Authors: Tanami Roychoudhury, Harish G. Tapadia
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Abstract

When humans drift themselves from reality, they indulge themselves into a fantasy world which leads to psychological conflicts which can be internal or external, due to these conflicts persons becomes incapable to accept the real world and find solace in their imaginary world, they avoid the problems with which they are surrounded and this leads to dualism, delusion, and mistrustfulness.In this paper we shall be discussing all these aspects with respect to the character Blanche Dubois from the play The Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.Blanche Dubois a character who pretends to be an intellectual, loves to dress herself as an aristocrat and free herself from reality and finds difficulty in adjusting with the societal norms and its reality which lead to her own psychological conflicts and dichotomy as a character.

Fields of Study & Subjects

American and British Literature Analysis American Literature and Culture Modernist Literature and Criticism

Publication details

Journal / source
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND ANALYTICAL REVIEWS
Volume
13
Issue
1
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN