In the play Streetcar Named Desire by Tennesse Williams, the character Blanche is an alcoholic. When Blanche just got to her sister's home Stella wasn't there. Blanche looked around and saw the liquor bottle and served herself a drink (9). When her sister gets back Blanche has another and Stella asked if she would want another. Blanch replied " No, one's my limit" (12). Page 37 while talking to Mitch, Blanche says " I'm not accustomed to having more than one drink. Two is my limit-and three! (Laughs.) Tonight I had three." From these quotes alone you can see that Blanche is an alcoholic because she had a lot to drink in one day even though she says that one - three is her limit of drinking.
Also in the play Blanche had the tendency of wanting to take a lot of baths. Page 10 when Blanche sees Stella and says " But you don't look at me, Stella, no, no, no, not till later, not till I've bathed and rested!". In act 1 scene two Blanche is in a hot tub to quiet her nerves because she lost Bella Reve and told Stella about it, (page 21). Then Stella takes Blanche out to a play and to get some food while Stella's husband and his friends are having a poker night. Blanche and her sister come back and she wants to take another bath (33). I think Blanche wants to take so many baths because she drinks so much and every time she has a drink she feels dirty so she washes her sins away by taking baths. It can also be because she is guilty of something so she takes baths to think things out without disturbances.
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