A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche DuBois is a very diverse character in the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams She is a tragic and dynamic character throughout the play Blanche does not know exactly how to handle losing everything she has lost and seems to be confused about life in general now The way she lives after arriving at Stanley and Stellas seems like she has turned away from reality and lives in her own fantasy world or a world where she lives by how things should be in