Tennesse Williams's "A Streetcar Named Desire" and the theme of being caught between 2 different worlds.

Tennesse Williams classic play "A Streetcar Named Desire" is the story of a gentle soul caught between 2 different worlds. Blanche DuBois is caught between the past and the present. She wishes to relive her comfortable past but is forced to endure the terrible present. Blanche cannot bear the reality of the present and so creates a fantasy world to live in. Eventually this frail world collapses around her due to all the tragedy she suffers - loneliness, rape, death, loss - and she is pushed over the brink of insanity. This insanity is a form of "death", which is a prominant theme in the play.

Blanche's past is one of comfort and tradition. It is symbolised by Belle Reve, the opulent plantation that both Blanche and Stella lived on. The environment they grew up in was cultured, traditional and aristocratic. Traditional values such as courtesy, politeness and impeccable manners were intrinsically inherant in this way of life. This is the past that Blanche so desparetly tried to re-cre...