Analyzing Character: To what extent is Blanche a victim of her own self-delu sions and Old South attitudes?

To what extent is she the victim of the males who take advantage of her, deceive her, or abuse her? Blanche Dubois wants to see herself as the typical southern belle and to some extent I believe she thinks she is. Blanche knows the things that she has done but after trying so hard to cover them up and almost succeeding she begins to believe her own delusions. Blanche is a victim to herself and the men around her, but she is also the perpetrator of her situations, making her semi masochistic. As a young girl Blanche