On Blanche’s Journey to Dementia

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1、OnBlanche’sJourneytoDementia论布兰琪痴呆之旅ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...............................................................................IABSTRACT................................................................................................II摘要....................

2、.................................................................................III1INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................12BLANCHE'SLIFEJOURNEYFROMDESIRETODEMENTIA..............................32.1Tenserel

3、ationshipwithpeoplearoundurgedhertomadness......42.1.1BlancheandStanley:TwoPolarOpposite.............................42.1.2BlancheandStanley:TwoSouthernGentlewomen...............72.1.3BlancheandMitch:TwoLonelySouls..................................93.ABRUISEDSOUL—THEP

4、ERSONALANDAUTOBIOGRAPHICALTRAGEDY...123.1Blanche’slife:incompletionanddesperation...........................123.2Desire—themaindrivingforce.................................................144.Socialrealitythatforcedhertothebrokenworld......................164.1OldSout

5、hvs.NewSouth..........................................................164.2TheinevitabilityofBlanche’sdementia....................................165.Conclusion......................................................................................17REFERENCES..........

6、.................................................................................20AbstractTennesseeWilliamsisoneofthegreatestAmericanDramatists.HewontwoRockfellerPrizes,theGoldMedalforDramafromtheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLettersandtheNationalInstituteofArtsandLetters,

7、theMedalofHonorforLiteratureofArtsClub,andtwohonorarydoctorates.WilliamswashonoredbyPresidentCarteratKennedrCenterin1979.Williams’sgreatestachievementisAStreetcarNamedDesire(hereinafter,Streetcar),whichpremieredattheEthelBarrymoreTheatreinNewYorkonDecember3,1947.Thewr

8、iterofthisthesistriestounderstandallkindsofreasonsthatleadBlanchetodementia.Here,thisthesisfocusesonthefollowingreasons:tens