ehavior from then on. Having lost Allan, who meant the world to her, she is blinded by the light and from then on never lights anything stronger than a dim candle. This behavior appears when she is at Stella's house and puts a paper lantern over the light bulb. Even Mitch notices that she cannot stand the pure light, and therefore refuses to go out with him at daytime or to well lit places. "I can't stand a naked light bulb any more than". This is not the only thing that signifies her character; she turns to a lifestyle of one-night-stands. She makes an effort to satisfy strangers. For example, when the young man collects money for the Evening Star, she tries to seduce him in her manipulative ways. She speaks softly to him and says, "I want to kiss you, just once, softly and sweetly on your mouth"(84). All of these irrational responses to death seem to signify how Blanche's mind is unstable, and yet she tries to still be educated, well mannered, and attractive person. She tries not to let the horridness come out on top of her image, wanting in an illusive and magical world instead. Blanches says, "I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, Magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth"(65). Blanche is very dependent coming to Stella from Belle Reve with less than a dollar in change. Having been fired from her job, she resorts to prostitution for finances, and even that does not suffice her. She has no choice, but to come and live with her sister.Stanley is a realist and cannot stand the elusive "Dame Blanche"(99), eventually destroying her along with her illusions. When Blanche came around and drunk his liquor, bathed in his bathtub, and posed a threat to his marriage, he acted like a primitive animal. Blanche was already weakened by her past and realized that she did not have much of a chance against him. The more she tried talking ...
