Picture for "A streetcar named desire" help?

Question:I'm doing an analytical picture for a streetcar named desire. My idea is to have a picture of Stanly holding a big torch and shining it on Blanche, and whatever the light shines on becomes reality.

for example. blanche is wearing a white dress, but the torch shines over part of her dress and that part turns red. also the torch shines abit on the floor of the apartment and there r beer bottles where it is shined on.

What i'm going for is that Blanche lives in illusion but stanly shines the light on her to show the reality, and reality wins over illusion.

Can you think of things i can add to my picture such as, things the light is shined on, or things that Blanche uses to live in her fantasy world.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I'm doing an analytical picture for a streetcar named desire. My idea is to have a picture of Stanly holding a big torch and shining it on Blanche, and whatever the light shines on becomes reality.

for example. blanche is wearing a white dress, but the torch shines over part of her dress and that part turns red. also the torch shines abit on the floor of the apartment and there r beer bottles where it is shined on.

What i'm going for is that Blanche lives in illusion but stanly shines the light on her to show the reality, and reality wins over illusion.

Can you think of things i can add to my picture such as, things the light is shined on, or things that Blanche uses to live in her fantasy world.

Perhaps you could show her jewelry sparkling out of the light and tarnished in it. I might even go so far as to have her clothes not only red, but tattered in the light. Most certainly she would be youthful out of the light and old in the light. This could be done with wrinkles and running makeup.

Just because Stanley rapes Blanche does not mean that he does not face her with the truth of herself (just as she does the same for him). Part of her "reputation" was that she was promiscuous (not that THAT makes the rape OK). I think that this is a very unique idea and I wish you the best of luck.

You must have seen the movie and not read or seen the play. If you did see/read the play, you would probably remember that Stanley rapes Blanche. In addition to that horrible action, his other brutish behavior doesn't shine a light on her, it strips her to the bone and throws her to the lions, metaphorically speaking. He is not just rude and crude, he is a human monster.

Blanche uses her love letters to help keep her in that dream-world she has constructed for survival. The alcoholism plays another part in her dream-like behavior - it numbs and allows for vague and precious memories to be conjured up or remembered. A pitiful type of armor, that, in the end, is shattered.