“Illusions recommend themselves to us because they save us from pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes come up against a bit of reality against which they break down” (Sigmund Freud). Illusion can be part of our lives; however, taken to the extreme, it can lead to forgetting reality. Every individual has problems in life that must be faced with reality and not with illusions, even if this can throw us into flames. Tennessee Williams' play about a family reveals the strength of the resistance between reality and desire, judgment and imagination, and between man and woman. The idea of ​​reality versus illusion is demonstrated throughout the play. Blanche's world of illusion and fantastical philosophy is categorized by her playful relationships, her attempts to revive her youth, and her unawareness of the reality of life. In Tennessee William's play, A Streetcar Named Desire, through the study of characters and tropology, fantasy and illusion allow life to appear as it should be rather than as it is. Blanche is a delusional character who creates life from her imagination to help her get through the harshness of life. Blanche admits that living in a fantasy is much better than living in reality. When talking to her lover “Mitch,” she admits that the fantasy world is much kinder: “I don’t want realism. I want magic! (Williams, 117). Blanche doesn't care if this magic is factual or not. The importance of magic to Blanche is that she has the choice to choose fantasy that allows her to believe and hope for something better than a harsh world. She is aware of this, making the world as attractive as a middle of paper and believes that her hopes will not be destroyed. Third, Blanche thinks that it is strangers who will save her; instead, they want her for sex. Fourth, Blanche believes that those who love her are trying to imprison her and make her work as a servant imprisoned by them. Fifth, Blanche's superiority in social status was an obstacle to her having a good social life. Last but not least, Blanche symbolizes the path she chose in life – desire and fantasy – which led her to her final downfall. Works Cited “Sigmund Freud Quotes”. Find the famous quotes you need, ThinkExist.com Quotations.Web.April 27, 2011.they/219250.html>.Williams, Tennessee. A tram named Désir. New York: Signet, 1975. Print.