2a807811_e__Character_Profile___Blanche__Analysis
[Page] 140 [Quotation] There are thousands of papers, stretching back over hundreds of years, affecting Belle Reve as, piece by piece, our improvident grandfathers and father and uncles and brothers exchanged the land for their epic fornications- to put it plainly! [Analysis] 
In this speech, Blanche attributes the loss of Belle Reve to the male members of her family. She also confronts Stanley by ‘[picking up a large envelope containing more papers]’ of his accusations that she is ‘attempting some kind of treachery on [her] sister’. Blanche also comes across as the victim, having to endure this these unfortunate circumstances whilst her sister escaped to start off a new life in New Orleans. However Blanche probably couldn’t have left Belle Reve even if she wanted to as it appears to be engraved in her to live the upper class sophisticated life.
A Streetcar Named Desire: Character Profile – Blanche
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