Doctor Wayne W. Dyer, a popular self-empowerment author claims, "The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind." Blanche Dubois the protagonist in A Streetcar Named Desire is a perfect example of this quotation. Her life was full of tragedy and hardship. She dealt with these hardships in a destructive and negative manner, thus, causing her more hardship and tragedy. In the end, this vicious cycle eventually cost …showed first 75 words of 1188 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1188 total…to permanently go away. She ends up hurting even more because of the way she deals with these hardships. Possibly, if Blanche dealt with her pain differently, her troubles wouldn't have affected her they way they did. If she had been more realistic, instead of ignoring her hardships by lying; escaping her hardships by drinking and bathing; and filling voids by fornicating, her life could have been happier and more like the one she painted.