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- - - - Stella's older sister. At the start of the play she's portrayed as nervous and constantly on edge, as though any slight disturbance could shatter her sanity or burst her "bubble of delusion". When Blanche arrives at the Kowalski's, she's at the end of her rope, having spiralled into this state of delusion and alcoholism. We can already see she clings to this delusional idea of herself - how she sees herself as "pure" and "innocent" as she is described by Stanley as her "delicate beauty must avoid harsh light, she suggests a moth".
        
        This motif or comparison of a moth emphasises or suggest Blanche's fragility - and her attraction to light symbolizes her past experiences - or love using many stage drections of light in important scenes.