Blanche DuBois

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fictional character protagonist theatrical character

Blanche DuBois is the fragile, delusional Southern belle at the center of Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire," whose psychological unraveling drives the story's tragic arc.

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Label Occurrences
Blanche DuBois canonical 14

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ
adaptationAppearance A Streetcar Named Desire ⓘ
surface form: 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire
appearsIn A Streetcar Named Desire ⓘ
brotherInLaw Stanley Kowalski ⓘ
centralConflict psychological unraveling ⓘ
climacticEvent rape by Stanley Kowalski ⓘ
costumeSymbol white clothing ⓘ
creator Tennessee Williams ⓘ
culturalBackground Southern belle ⓘ
dramaticDevice use of paper lantern to soften light ⓘ
familyEstate Belle Reeve ⓘ
famousLine I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Broadway ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1947 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
languageStyle ornate ⓘ
poetic ⓘ
medium play ⓘ
narrativeFunction symbol of the decaying aristocratic South ⓘ
tragic heroine ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notablePortrayalBy Cate Blanchett ⓘ
Gillian Anderson ⓘ
Jessica Tandy ⓘ
Uta Hagen ⓘ
Vivien Leigh ⓘ
occupation schoolteacher ⓘ
originLocation Mississippi ⓘ
psychologicalTrait alcoholic ⓘ
delusional ⓘ
fragile ⓘ
histrionic ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ
neurotic ⓘ
romantic ⓘ
vain ⓘ
romanticInterest Harold Mitch Mitchell ⓘ
sibling Stella Kowalski ⓘ
storyOutcome committed to a mental institution ⓘ
symbolicAssociation moths and fading light ⓘ
teachesSubject English ⓘ
themeAssociation decline of the Old South ⓘ
illusion versus reality ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
sexual desire and repression ⓘ
timePeriod post–World War II American South ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vivien Leigh → portrayed → Blanche DuBois ⓘ
A Streetcar Named Desire → hasCharacter → Blanche DuBois ⓘ
Stanley Kowalski → relative → Blanche DuBois ⓘ
Stanley Kowalski → brotherInLawOf → Blanche DuBois ⓘ
Stanley Kowalski → centralConflictWith → Blanche DuBois ⓘ
Harold "Mitch" Mitchell → relationshipWith → Blanche DuBois ⓘ
Harold "Mitch" Mitchell → romanticInterestIn → Blanche DuBois ⓘ
Harold "Mitch" Mitchell → breaksOffRelationshipWith → Blanche DuBois ⓘ
The Young Collector → relationshipTo → Blanche DuBois ⓘ
The Nurse → associatedWithCharacter → Blanche DuBois ⓘ
subject surface form: The Nurse (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Stella Kowalski → sibling → Blanche DuBois ⓘ
Stella Kowalski → conflictWith → Blanche DuBois ⓘ
Eunice Hubbell → associatedWith → Blanche DuBois ⓘ
Vivian Mary Hartley → portrayed → Blanche DuBois ⓘ
subject surface form: Vivien Leigh