TRAGEDY

TRAGEDY

1. Blanche's tragedy

   • tragedy of time
   • tragedy of loss
   • tragedy of the disintegration of a mind

2. the tragedy of a disintegrating society

   • a crumbling concept of what family is
     • the old families of the deep south no longer exist
   • the concept of what society is has fallen apart

3. the loss of homstead

   • tragedy of love
   • tragedy of sex
     • ends in a scene of rape - sexual violence