At the first stage, Blanche’s misfortunes are not directly described in the script, but people can learn them from the conversations between Blanche and other protagonists。 At this period of time, Blanche has not come to New Orleans to find her sister Stella, and she still lives in Belle Reve, where she and her sister grow up。 In that manor, she gets married to a young poet who is deeply admired by her, but a few days later, she finds that his husband is a homosexual。 She can not accept this fact and nearly tells the secret in front of the public。 Unfortunately, this action eventually results in her husband to commit suicide。 Additionally, she is expelled from school and loses her job。 What's more, because of the improper management, she has to sell Belle Reve ultimately。 

After Blanche comes to New Orleans, which unfolds the second stage of her life journey, her life does not get better。 The messy environment, the shabby house, a coarse brother-in-law, Stanley, all of them look so different from what she has imaged before。 In the New Orleans, she thinks that she has found the true love again, a man named Harold Mitchell, who is one of Stanley's friends, but because of the obstruction of Stanley, Mitchell refuses to marry her finally。 At last, what overwhelms her is that Stanley rapes her, when her sister Stella is giving birth to a baby。来;自]优Y尔E论L文W网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766-

3 External Factors Leading to Blanche’s Tragedy in A Streetcar Named Desire

Tragedy is a word which is often regarded as the unhappy or unlucky ending of the protagonist in plays, films, novels, stories and other works。 The reasons that lead to the tragic fate of the protagonist must be more than one。 The tragic fate of a person is usually caused by a wide range of factors; like Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, her misfortune is not only caused by her spiritual state, but also the social background, her life experiences and so on。