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[Page] 204/169 [Quotation] Blanche: I’ll tell you what I want. Magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don’t tell them the truth. I tell them what ought to be the truth. And if that is singful, then let me be damned for it! Blanche…-put on soft colours, the colours of butterfly wings, and glow – make a little – temporary magic…’ [Analysis] 
Blanche clearly says ‘I don’t want realism.’ She would rather her view of the world be like a constant dream which is also her reason for continuously keeping up a façade. She only tells what ‘ought’ to be the truth in order to avoid shattering her own dreams by facing reality. She feels as if she has never lied (‘Never inside, I didn’t lie in my heart…) as what she says is the way she perceives things.
A Streetcar Named Desire: Character Profile – Blanche
Analysis