Streetcar

     Our desires transport us throughout our lives until we reach the cemetery.  These instincts propel all of nature along a life cycle through many seasons.  We yearn for happiness with someone to share our journey.
     In order to satisfy the need for a personal loving attachment, women try to attract the male while men try to overpower the female or so it seems in "A Streetcar Named Desire."   These sexual desires, these animal instincts fuel emotions and create behavior.  Blanche DuBois believed she was "just obeying the laws of nature" which say "the lady must entertain the gentlemen - or no dice."
     When desires aren't satisfied, the view of life may turn blue, the vibrant sun may be hidden by dark disappointment and depression.  Blanche advised her sister Stella: "Pull yourself together and face facts."  Blanche, however, was not able to do this for herself.
     Clinging to youthful expectations, insisting on an idealized version of life, and refusing to revise goals cause individuals to stunt their maturity and impede their survival.  Blanche and Stella grew up in very different circumstances from the men and women in Stella's working-class neighborhood.  Blanche claimed she was "very adaptable to circumstances" especially to men, but her downfall was that she didn't adapt successfully.
     Nature's life cycle has seasons of youth, reproduction, withering, and death.  Blanche commented that in the spring it was touching to notice young people "making their first discovery of love."  She felt that she now no longer had the necessary appearance of youth.  In the summer, Stella had her baby.  After the birth, she continued family life while Blanche was manipulated into institutional care.  Her youthful expectations, her tragic losses, and her inability to adapt caused a lonely ending to her journey.