Near the end of his life he published "Memoirs" and personal letters revealing his homosexuality. Then, in New York City, February 25, 1983, he died. This marked the end of one of the greatest American Writers. The characters in Williams' work are share certain similarities which were placed purposefully by him...
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Blanche and Laura have obvious connections to his sister Rose. Rose became insane early in her life. Williams viewed her descent into insanity as her death. This spiraling descent into insanity is seen in both Blanche and Laura. Blanche has a weak hold on reality at the beginning of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and by the end of the play she becomes completely lost in her fantasy world of male callers and old aristocracy...
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A Street Car Named Desire She finds herself living at the second-rate Flamingo Hotel. In an effort to escape the misery of her life in Laurel, Blanche drinks heavily and has meaningless affairs...	4 / 955
A Streetcar Named Desire - Resume That night, she also meets Mitch, and there is an immediate mutual attraction between the two. The next day, Stanley overhears Blanche saying terrible things about him...	3 / 608
The Real Blanche Dubois After realizing that she would never have those things she had always wished for, she began to create them out of herself; she began to fabricate lies so complex that even she believed them...	2 / 501
A Streetcar Named Desire She did it because she felt it would fill her empty heart. She did not want to tell Mitch because she wanted him to respect her. Blanche was very careful to hide her looks too...	3 / 720