In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams offers a window into the everyday life of the main character, Blanche, who has just decided to leave her home for good. Arriving at her sister’s flat in New Orleans, Blanche finds herself astonished by the sub-par living conditions of her sister, Stella. As the days pass, Blanche continually portrays herself as someone who she is not. Her fallacious behavior is a direct result of a series of tragedies and losses that Blanche has endured in the past. Initially, Blanche does not see the troubles she creates for herself by her false identity, but she soon becomes entrapped in her own web of lies. Williams reveals the many dimensions of Blanche’s personality, eventually leading up to the story of her connection to Allan Grey's death, which occurs at the end of Scene Six. Through her long monologue, Williams eventually exposes a multitude of truths about Blanche’s life, revealing the basis for the formation of her present personality, with its changes and flaws. We come to recognize the reasons for Blanche portraying her life as she wishes it were, in her erroneous efforts to deal with her difficult past. Blanche’s displays copious amounts of anxiety and fearfulness, emotions which grow more severe and intense as Williams’ play proceeds. Although Blanche reveals herself as cunning and a pathological liar, in Scene Six Williams shows us a sincere side of her, when she recalls details of her past to Mitch. Blanche greatly admires Mitch, and even shares an affectionate and truthful connection with him; this honesty is quite rare for her. By having us listen as Blanche explains details of her life story to Mitch, Williams allows the audience to appreciate the confusion and disturbance that Blanche lives with, ever since discovering her ex-husband’s secret life. We examine how Allen’s betrayal and lack of love for Blanche triggers the development of her current personality, turning he