"Streetcar named Desire" by Tennessee Williams.

The first scene I am looking at is Scene nine, in which Mitch confronts Blanche about the lies she has been telling him regarding her past. It is clear that it was Blanche's choice to tell the lies, so in that respect the following problems are her own fault. However, Williams may have aimed to look closely at Blanche's character to see why she lied, and by justifying herself, she appears a tragic self absorbed …

…at the end of the play, and although she lied, she was only desperate to find a happy ending for herself, and thus, is justified. I don't believe William's thought that Blanche deserved her fate, and he has tried to portray her as having no real control over her life. Williams had great sympathy for Blanche, as his sister Rose was thought to be insane too, he believed that she, like Blanche was just sensitive.