As Albert Einstein once said, “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one”. In “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams, Stella and Blanche are persistent with their illusions about their life being great while, in reality their poor, alone, and depressed. On Pg.1232 Stella states, “I couldn’t go on believing her story and live with Stanley”. Stella’s stubbornness of not realizing her sister’s actions proves, Stella only cares about herself and her relationship with Stanley. Stella’s repetitive ideology (which is a fantasy) consistently show her persuading herself that Stanley is a great husband and he would never do anything to hurt her. Clearly, she tries to hide his mistakes and doesn’t think anything of them. Overall, this proves women are complacence sometimes in the situations that they’re currently in whether, if it’s good or bad. Psychological, humans try to envision a “Dream Scenario” and will try to do the best of their abilities to achieve it so othe...
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