A Streetcar Named Desire Scene One Analysis

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The theme of desire leading to sorrow, loneliness, and death has been foreshadowed from the very beginning of the play. In Scene One, when Blanche first comes to New Orleans and talks to Eunice, she says the following; “They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields.” The word cemeteries are duly noted to the idea of death, then she mentions Elysian Fields which in ancient Greek Mythology is considered the heavens. Not only does Blanche coherently hints that desire leads to death but she also foretells her own destruction. As Blanche follows her desires for intimacy and to preserve her youth, she ends up creating an illusion of happiness to surround …show more content…
However, this sudden desire also leads to her other desire to preserve her youth. Blanche pursues to be with the young men because having sexual relations with younger men makes her feel more youthful which exemplifies further her attempts to recapture her youth. As you see her in Scene Five, when Blanche approaches the young man and says “Well you do, honey lamb! Come here. I want to kiss you, just once, softly and sweetly on your mouth!” Seeing this inappropriately sexual and mystic side of Blanche, it showcases her lust for attention from young men. Blanche’s dependence on sex is also recognized ironically by her last line in Scene Eleven: “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” Blanche has also used the word strangers in a conversation with Mitch in Scene Nine when she told him; “I had many intimacies with strangers. After the death of Allan—intimacies with strangers was all I seemed able to fill my empty heart with." Those lines go to show that Blanche confides to strangers for comfort though the only way she knows how to connect with them is through sexual
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