Themes

• Music

  • Varsouviana waltz - indicates Blanche thinking about her husband, but later shows her declining mental state
  • Blue piano - represents Blanche's hope for her future, but also her depression, loneliness, and desperation to be loved
  • 'Paper Moon' - sums up Blanche's approach to life
• Fantasy vs Reality 


  • Blanche lies constantly in order to maintain her fantasy
  • shown in the set contrasts between the Kowalski's apartment and the street outside
  • Blanche's fantasies shield her from the harsh realities she has experienced
• Links between sex and death

  • Blanche's fear of death manifests itself in an obsession with her own beauty, leading to a constant assertion of her sexuality
  • the transfer of the streetcar named Desire to one named Cemeteries