She is deeply saddened and disturbed because her living conditions are not going to improve at her sister"s house. Furthermore, Blanche"s inability to accept her downfall in social ranking causes her royal behavior, "excuse me while I slip on my pretty new dress."(Williams 37) Her exorbitant accessories cause Stanley"s questioning about her financial resources. Consequently, Stanley"s confrontation leads to her mental instability. .

             Secondly, her unwillingness to accept the reality of her physical decline also leads to her breakdown. Blanche"s hatred of light is seen when she tells Mitch, "I like it dark. It is comforting to me." (Williams 116) As a result this reveals she is afraid to show people her physical self because dimness hides the signs of aging. Blanche"s vision of perfection is physical beauty and glamour. She is so obsessed about looking attractive that nothing else matters in her life. Furthermore, this illuminates the degree to which Blanche is willing to deny her physical declination. Blanche is so unwilling to accept the reality of the change in her physical appearance, that when Stanley is tearing off the paper lantern, "She cries out as if the lantern was herself." (William 140) Blanche is so into this "imaginary" world that even the slightest thing that brings her close to life is causing her to break apart. She has been living in an illusion for so long that she doesn"t want to reveal herself to the real world. Furthermore, she is so reluctant to accept her physical decline because she found companionship in one of her students. The audience learns about this incident when Blanche informs Mitch about her affairs, "Intimacies with strangers was all I seemed to fill my empty heart with. at last, in a seventeen year old boy." This affair with someone almost half her age shows her resistance to face the truth. Blanche is a human being who demands love and attention.