These symbols not only bring vigor to the script but help the heroine Blanche to appear vividly as the inbreaking, the escapee and the raped.

• 象征物给传统的现实主义戏剧增添了活力，不但生动展现人物形象，尤其是布兰奇这一女主角的多重身份，更是威廉斯造型戏剧的制胜法宝。