"A Streetcar Named Desire", Illusion vs. Reality

In A Streetcar Named Desire, several of the characters use illusion to make themselves more sociably acceptable. This is true especially for Blanche Du Bois. She will lie, or "elude" any chance she gets if it will make her look good. Stella uses the "illusion" of a happy marriage to make her life bearable. Some people such as Blanche would much rather live in a dream world of blissful ignorance than face the facts. On the contrary, Stanley is a business type of guy that thinks that false happiness isn't real happiness.
It his hard to tell whether or not Blanche is a nonstop liar or just out of her mind. She is so terrified that people will hate her for not having a perfect past that she lies about everything. She just can't realize that while she may be in love with the fake, others hate being in an ignorant state. …