Blanche DuBois: Blanche's first appearance in the play, Scene 1, sets the tone for her character throughout. She is described as being "daintily dressed In a white suit with a fluffy bodice, necklace and earrings of pearl, white gloves and hat, looking as if she where arriving at a summer tea or cocktail party" The illusion of innocence and refinery which she tries to create is reflected immediately by her choice of dress, which is white, demure, and virginal. Even her name "Blanche" is French for the colour white, a symbolism of both her French aristocratic ancestry and the "whiteness"...
of Blanche's self-image and sanity. Stanley himself takes the final stabs at Blanche destroying the remainder of her sexual and mental esteem by brutally raping her "So you want some rough-house! All right, let's have some rough-house!" scene 10 and then committing her to an insane asylum. In the end, Blanche blindly allows herself to be led away by a kind doctor, ignoring her sister's cries. This final image, and Blanche's famous last line "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." scene 11 Is the sad culmination of Blanche's vanity and total dependence upon men for happiness.