Streetcar Named Desire

Streetcar Named Desire pretty much like other plays. Blanche, the protagonist in this play faces a lot of conflicts. Blanche herself comes from rich family with her aristocracy life. Then, she goes to New Orlean to see her sister, Stella. When she get to Stella's house, she extremely shock because the house is small and not in very good condition. Actually, she has lost his properties and now she is out of money. So, she decides to stay with her sister. Unfortunately, her sister also live in poor condition. How unlucky, right?

then, I wonder why the title is Streetcar Named Desire. After discuss it with lecturer and friends, I now understand. The streetcar named desire in denotative meaning is train. But Tennessee William implies it, it is actually the life of Blance. The uneasy life of her. But I think I need to reread the play to understand it better and clearer.

Besides, what I want to highlight here are actually the conflicts or issues that emerge in this play. Blanche is pity woman who cannot rid of her past. She is in heartbroken when she knows that Allan Grey, her husband is a gay. After that, she lives difficulties and she quits her study. She also suffers from her past experiences. She keeps hearing the sound of gun and the image of Allan's death emerges in her mind. That causes her to get mental illness. Another thing that I notice is Blanche never goes out in day. She always stay in dark and or dim light. In the dark, she always wear bright clothes. It makes me confuse and keep thinking why she keeps staying in the dark with bright clothes? In the end of the play, Blanche becomes crazy. Sometimes, she reminds me to Ophelia in Hamlet by Shakespeare. Ophelia lost her mind after she cannot accept the reality.

Anyway, the moral values that I can get from this play are we must face the reality and adapt the environment if our lives have changed. If we have problems, find the best way to solve it, not just deny or run away from it. It is helpless.