Blanche DuBois is a complex character in this play. She was an high school English teacher in Laurel, Mississippi. She was married to a homosexual man who committed suicide. She goes to the house of her sister, Stella, after loosing the family home, Belle Reve. There she meets Stanley, the madman who Stella is married too (73). She also meets Mitch who at first wanted to marry her but changed his mind drastically after knowing about her past. She also discovers that she will be an aunt. At the end, a doctor and a matron take her to a mental hospital. As one may see, Blanche has lived and experimented lots of things. The author, Arthur Miller, lets the reader sympathize more with this character by using symbols to emphasize certain characteristics of Blanche. In the adjoining paragraphs, some of the symbols will be analyzed in order to enhance a better understanding of Blanche. The first major symbol is the name of the character: Blanche DuBois. Her first name means white and her surname DuBois can be translated to woods. So they two together mean white woods (59). White can be associated with cleanliness and innocence, this qualities drastically opposes with Blanches character. She constantly hides her past because she wants a new opportunity. To get a new opportunity she creates a whole new imaginary past, with lies and tricks. Stanley eventually uncovers all of the lies (158). DuBois woods or associating with the woods, is opposite of her first name. Made of wood can mean or be associated with forest or jungle. We could understand this by looking at her past, she had sexual experiences with lots of strangers in Laurel. She was not well known in Laurel, she was requested to turn in the key from a hotel: "But even the management of the Flamingo was impressed by Dame Blanche! In fact they were so impressed by Dame Blanche that they requested her to turn in her room-key--for permanently!  (120). During this time, Blanche led a doub