"Her natural passivity is one of the things that makes her acceptance of Stanley acceptable. She naturally 'gives in', accepts, lets things slide, she does not make much of an effort"
louis kronenberger
Blanche is "the most demonically driven kind of liar - the one who lies to the world because she must lie to herself"
Williams about the play as a whole
"The play is about ravishment of the tender, the sensitive, the delicate, by the savage and brutal forces of modern society"
Jacqueline O'Connor
"Blanche is a protagonist silenced by the accusations of madness"
Felicia Hardison Londre
"Blanche makes Mitch see her as she wants, under the spell if illusion she creates"
George Hovis
"Blanche remains in the world of illusions because it helps her accept her position of powerlessness"
Lauren Sigel
"Blanche is a woman downtrodden by a misogynistic world"
Kathleen M Lant
"Williams portrays Blanche as a stain on a virtuous, morally correct society"
Bloom
"Stanley cannot be blamed for protecting his marriage against the force that would destroy it"
Lart
"Stanley is an agent of Blanche's destruction"
Arthur Miller
"Stanley is a sexual terrorist"
Koprince
"Stella is a submissive, self-deprecating wife who tolerates and excuses her husband's behaviour"
Galloway
"The play has no clear victor, everyone looses something"
Roderick
"Stanley represents the crude lower class which threatens Blanche's superiority, as a dying aristocrat"
