To what extent do you agree with the idea that Mitch is dramatically presented as a two-dimensional character who contributes very little to the tragic impact of the piece. Although Mitch does not have a starring role in A Street Car Named Desire, he is certainly not a two-dimensional character like Pablo or Steve. He is presented as a three-dimensional character because throughout the play the audience develops a bond of sympathy with him as they learn his story, and then through the way Tennessee William describes his character, "with awkward courtesy", it draws the portrait of someone who is trying to do the best but failing in his attempts. This also has the effect of showing the audience that Mitch was different from the other men in the play as he is not as self-confident nor as crude and animalistic in his behavior, especially compared to Stanley who William describes as having " an animal joy implicit in his being.” The first time Blanche and Mitch meet Mitch it reveals some of his tragic past, "the girl is dead now" through the fact that Mitch always carries the lighter with him, shows how important the "girl" was to him. This helps create sympathy with the audience. Also from this moment we can see a tragic similarity between Mitch and Blanche as they both lost someone they loved. It seems like when they were young, you can infer this because both characters use names such as "boy" and "girl". " which have youthful connotations. With Mitch's past tragedy exposed and Mitch being left vulnerable, William allows the audience to sympathize with him and thus, as an audience, we feel closer to him and this makes the ending tragic as we can see that he needs Blanche as much as she needs him Public sympathy ... middle of paper ... it was the rape that finally destroyed her, not Mitch who did. broke up with her, however, one could argue that even if Mitch wasn't the reason for her eventual downfall, he was the person who created the circumstances of Blanche's rape Stanley probably wouldn't have. not raped if she still saw Mitch and even if he had, Blanche might not have been as catatonic as she was when he found her and therefore could have defended herself better. In conclusion, Mitch is not presented dramatically as a two-dimensional character in the play because his role is too important and contributes too much to the tragic impact of the play for that to be the case. the end of the play is tragic because we are aware that there is no hope for Blanche and we can recognize that Mitch was her lost hope to survive and that he failed.