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Blanche And Stanley Character Analysis

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For certain people, keeping an honest personality is difficult. Blanche and Stanley change their act depending on who is around or who they are talking to. Blanche is on his personality is ironically a compulsive liar. When she is around Stanley, she acts promiscuously. Blanche knows very well that he is her brother-in-law yet she persists to speak and act erotically seemingly it's a little avail. It is later learned that she does this because it satisfies the ego she'd adopted after a dark time in her life. When glance interacts with Stella the act is inverted. Blanche seems to take on the role of a big sister, speaking with an honest voice and talking to her with prestige, wisdom, and knowledge. Blanche does this because she only

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