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Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) is one of the most deliberate playwrights in American drama, and A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) has been considered one of his best plays. Many critics and scholars of Williams depict the heroine, Blanche, as a victim and a hero. Stanley, as a victimizer. However, in my opinion, Blanche leads and directs herself towards the tragic ending. Blanche and Stanley are collaborators as well as accomplices. Analyzing Williams’s theatrical devices, such as symbolism, comparison, and contrast, I target to clarify what Williams depicts in his characters. While doing so, I try to probe into unwritten parts in the text, or hidden parts on the stage. For I believe this is the reality that he tests in his fictive world and makes it happen in the imagination of the audience.
