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The main character, Blanche from the play A Streetcar Named Desire witnesses many tragedies. These incidents are forever etched in her memory. She comes to stay with her sister Stella thinking she is running away from her past but instead her past catches up with her and from depression gradually turns insane. Blanche’s pathetic disintegration begins with the loss of her loved ones, the abandonment of Mitch and getting raped by Stanley. The unfortunate …

…instead goes into more depression than she is and goes insane. Blanche goes through situations that she will never be able to forget. She experiences a great deal of tragedies as the play goes on. Since then Blanche has psychological problems, which leads her into insanity. She also loses her sister, as Stella believes her husband over Blanche telling her that he raped her. Stella stays with Stanley and sends Blanche to a mental asylum.