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Blanche Dubois's Suicide

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Blanche Du Bois’s husband committed suicide after the way his wife, Blanche, treated him for being himself. After her husband committed suicide, she was devastated. She knew that she had been the one that made him take it to that level. Was that really what she was mad about? Or was it more about her not being able to be compassionate for him? She was the opposite of her sister. She was not able to really let people in and be personal with another person.

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