Motifs of the playIn the play written by Tennessee Williams, "A Streetcar Named Desire", the use of his remarkable writing tactics and motifs are used to develop the main character Blanche throughout the play. As the play progresses, we gradually gain knowledge about Blanche and the type of individual she truly is in juxtaposition with the facade she puts on. Through clever use of motifs such as lighting and flirting, we are able to draw countless conclusions about Blanche throughout the play. Using the motifs mentioned above, we can consider that Blanche has become a deceptive, narcissistic, and seductive being due to the use of motifs that Williams has fused throughout the play. Tennessee Williams uses motifs to help convey his idea that Blanche is deceptive, narcissistic, and seductive. It can be noted how Blanche repeatedly wears extravagant white dresses or her red dress when she appears particularly attractive, so that she makes people think that she is in fact innocent and healthy. Blanche's white dress is stained, which is representative of the fact that Blanche is far from pure and wholesome even though the dress is a symbol of purity. His world clings to misunderstanding and deception, as can be understood by pouring out his heart to Stella in scene three, "gentle people must be seductive, do a little temporary magic". She feels that it is crucial to deceive and deceive in order to persist in a world where she is "fading now" and her youthful beauty is gone. Tennessee Williams portrays Blanche as insecure, self-conscious, and hiding behind her semblance of superficial beauty. With the use of patterned lighting, we can see how Blanche disappoints to live up to the facade she po...... middle of paper ......ar action". Blanche does this because she wants to appeal to Mitch who is a compassionate man, she also sheds a lot of light on his honesty in that she can't face reality because it exposes her to what she is in reality, namely a flirtatious woman we gain more and more knowledge about Blanche and the real person she is juxtaposed with the real being she would like everyone to think she is Tennessee Williams. an incredible job in incorporating motifs such as lighting and flirting into the play and without them we would be perplexed and left confused because there would be no inside view of Blanche and her mind. the motifs mentioned above, we can consider that Blanche is deceptive, narcissistic and seductive and that the use of motifs has helped to make Blanche the character that she is..