“A Streetcar Named Desire” is a critically acclaimed play by Tennessee Williams, which focuses on sexual desire and tension between the characters Blanche Dubois, Stanley Kowalski , Stella Kowalski and Harold Mitchell. Throughout the play, Blanche is so nervous and nervous that a slight disturbance could shatter her sanity. However, Blanche's ambition for love and "magic" is what really affects the other characters in the play and cements the idea that Blanche is truly crazy. A Streetcar Named Desire focuses not only on the strained family relationships present in the play, but also on the effects of madness caused by individual ambition, which in this case is the desire for love through the protagonist Blanche Dubois. In the play "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, Williams creates the idea that Blanche's crazy ambition for "magic" and love is impossible due to her impoverished and unforgettable past and that her romantic ambition drives to its own collapse and fall. Early in Blanche's life, before her arrival at the Kowalski residence, Blanche was already leading a life of promiscuity and alcoholism, which is manifested when "she pours out half a glass of whiskey and throws it away." Additionally, Blanche loses her job due to an inappropriate relationship with a student, and her excessive drinking throughout the play was triggered when she unknowingly married a homosexual man who later married committed suicide after discovering his sexual preference. These events show who White is as a person and how she operates in the world. She relies on her ability to act as an object of male sexual desire since her interactions with the men in the room always begin with flirting. This is demonstrated when Blanche tells St...... middle of paper ......o" is constantly heard playing outside the apartment when Blanche talks about the loss of her family and Belle Reve However, she is also present during her meeting and her kisses with the young man. The “blue piano” therefore symbolizes Blanche's depression, loneliness and romantic ambition (which is suggested by the color blue). , Blanche's desire for love and "magic" is unattainable due to her unforgettable past. Blanche's history has led her down a path of depression, alcoholism, and promiscuity, and although she tries to. hiding her past behind her clothes and paper lanterns, she struggles every day with reality. Ultimately however, Williams' idea that love leads to destruction seems to lead to Blanche's downfall. , as she leaves the apartment, Stanley and his entourage stand up to offer her their respect/condolences as if she were dead..