A Character's Theme Song

The character I chose is Blanche DuBois, from Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. The song I chose which I feel most embodies the character of Blanche is "One More Night," by the band Stars. This song has a more creepy, provocative, and mysterious tone that I think describes Blanche well. It shows her total reliance on men for sex and self-confidence. It describes how this girl in the song desires one more night with this man and how she craves him, yet she is unable to have an actual relationship with him and the connection between the two simply ends after this 'one more night.' It is very hard for Blanche to have a stable relationship with a man, as we see in the play, because of her ill-motives for true love. The one more night they have is a good one, but that's it. The two are unable to communicate and it all ends there. Blanche struggles with men and relationships. As a result, she comforts her self with quick fixes such as alcohol and sex. My favorite lyrics within the song that I feel relate to Blanche best with regard to her interaction with men are:

"He starts with her back cause that's what he sees / When she's breaking his heart she still fucks like a tease / Release to the sky, look him straight in the eye / And tell him that now, that you wish he would die / You'll never touch him again so get what you can / Leaving him empty just because he's a man / So good when it ends, they'll never be friends / One more night, that's all they can spend"