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1、BlancheDubois:AnAnti-HeroinaStreetcarNamedDesireAbstract:ThispaperwashowmuchIdisagreedwithsomeoftheclaimsmadeaboutBlanche,Igenuinelyfoundsomeofthestatementsmadebythesecriticstobequiteinaccurate,atleastinmyopinion,soprovingthemwrongwiththeevidencefromTennesseeWilliamsinmypaper
2、followednaturally.Blanche,astherepresentativeofdelicateandfragilesouthernfemaleimages,hasbeenthefocusofdiscussion.Lateron,thispaperanalyzesthistypicalcontroversialheroinefromtheperspectiveoffeminismintermsofsocialculture,economicfactorKeywords:desire,feminism,socialculture,ec
3、onomicfactor1IntroductionTennesseeWilliamsiswidelyconsideredthegreatestsouthernplaywrightandoneofthegreatestplaywrightsinthehistoryofAmericandrama,whosemasterpiecesincludeGlassMenagerie,AStreetcarDesire,TheRoseTattoo,CatonaHotTinRoof,NightoftheIguana,etc..Intheseplays,hecreat
4、esmanyunforgettablecharacters,especiallylonely,depressed,cowardandmind-distortedsouthernfemaleimages.AsoneofthemostrecognizablecharactersinAmericandramaandafadingbutsexySouthernbelle,BlancheDuboissuffersfromthedeathofherhusbandwhohasturnedouttobehomosexualandcommittedsuicide,
5、thelossofherancestralhomeandthepassingawayofherelderrelatives.Guiltyandgrieve,shedateswithavarietyofmen.Finallyherreputationisruinedandsheisdismissedduetohavinganaffairwithayoungboyinherschool.AndthensheturnstohersisterStellaforhelp,wholivesintheslumofNewOrleanswheresheisacqu
6、aintedwithMitch,thebrother-in-lawStanley’sfellowworker.Blanchedreamstostartanewlifewithhim,butthedreamisbrokenduetoherconflictwithStanley.Intheend,theirfinal,inevitableconfrontation—arape—resultsinBlanchesnervousbreakdown,andsheissenttoamadhouse.Likeadelicateandfragileworkofa
7、rthandeddownfromAmericanOldSouth,shecannotgetridofasetofhypocritical,strictandcontroversialmoralstandardsandshowsdifficultyinadaptingtomodernculture.Sheisdoomedtoundergomisfortunes,loseselfandfinallygotodestruction.112FromtheperspectiveofTennesseeWilliamsThroughtheplay,Willia
8、ms’ssympathiesliewithBlanche;thissympathycondemnstheenvironmentthath