Blanche appears in the amber light of the door. She has a tragic radiance in her red satin robe following the sculptural lines of her body. The Varsouviana rises audibly as Blanche enters the bedroom. With reference to the above stage direct

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Essay Question: Blanche appears in the amber light of the door. She has a tragic radiance in her red satin robe following the sculptural lines of her body. The "Varsouviana" rises audibly as Blanche enters the bedroom. With reference to the above stage direction, discuss Williams' presentation of Blanche in the final scene of the play.

Deluded and hysterical, Blanche has fully unraveled, her complexity stripped away for the audience to see her as she really is. Blanche's ultimate demise is imminent, which is to be witnessed cruelly by the whole cast. However her strength still shines through; she hasn't yet been defeated. In the final scene of "A Streetcar Named Desire" the playwright Tennessee Williams gives a more simple presentation of Blanche which he achieves through his use of various dramatic strategies.

With nowhere else to turn for solace Blanche attempts to create illusions which become blurred with reality. At the beginning of the scene Blanche is "bathing" no longer trying to "cleanse" her conscience instead her baths become a desperate attempt to wash off the horror of Stanley's violation. Whilst in the bath Stella says "she's got it mixed out in her mind with Shep Huntleigh".