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"Blanche will be destroyed unless she can reconcile herself to modern American values. Rather than face such a harsh reality, and unprepared to abandon her bond with a dying culture, she retreats into a fantasy world, surrounded by 'a group of spectral admirers'. Stella survives. Is the play's final message adapt or perish?" The opinion of the above critic discusses Blanche as a central character and several aspects of the play that may ultimately lead to Blanches downfall. We must first observe the term 'American values' and define what they meant to Williams, what they mean know and how important they were in 1950's America. The typical American dream that can be considered today is of the typical nuclear family in the suburbs of modern day America. This view seems to adopt materialistic values and somewhat disserts the original conditions on which America was supposed to be built. The most...

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