illusion

Question 1

intro

Answer 1

William explores illusion in ASND particularly through Blanche - A character sculpted by her turbulent experiences with love and life. she perceives love as a distant impossibility, emphasised by her experiences, or lack thereof with her husband and her relationships. Blanche’s endlessly flirtatious nautre is challenged by stanley’s authoratarian personality and as the play progresses, the audience sees their facades begin to falter

Question 2

topic sentence 1

Answer 2

Blanche is an idealistic figure who does not see the world as it is, instead as an illusion of what she wants it to be.

Question 3

blanche struggles..

Answer 3

with the acceptance of aging and remaining youthfu

Question 4

ao4

Answer 4

Blanche’s behaviour is examined in the book Drama for students and concludes that “Both blanche’s drinking and her endless hot baths suggest that she is attempting to wash away her past and emerge through a sort of water purgatory”