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How is Blanche Dubois rendered a sympathetic character? 'A Streetcar named Desire'
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How is Blanche Dubois rendered a sympathetic character? The three-act play 'A Streetcar named Desire' develops character and theme. The social and historical content reveal the character symbolically along with the narrative technique and idiolect. The text is written more like a novel then a drama, and has to be read to be fully appreciated. Blanches fear of light is put to use both literally and figuratively emphasising her need to escape reality. Her introduction describes her as a moth. The comparison of Blanche to this creature creates the idea of Blanche bringing about self-destruction, like the moth that is attracted to the light that destroys it. The light is a source of realism, a quality Blanche rejects for her fantasy world. "I wont be looked at in this merciless glare!" Blanche prefers things to be kept in the dark, where they can be kept secret to make life bearable....
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