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What is Belle Reve in a streetcar named desire?

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In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche refers to Belle Reve. This is the family estate (mansion) that is left to Blanche and Stella when their artistocratic parents die. Due to their family's spending ways, and having to pay for all their funerals on her minimum English teacher wage, Blanche loses the family mansion through debt etc. Hope this helps you... :)

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