A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is a play about a woman named Blanche Dubois who finds herself in out-of-place circumstances. Her life is lived through fantasies, the memory of her lost husband, and the resentment she feels for her brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski. Various moral and ethical lessons emerge in this play, such as: lying gets you nowhere in the end, abuse is never good, treat people how you would like to be treated, stay true to yourself and don't judge a book by its cover. The moral lesson I learned from A Streetcar Named Desire is to always tell the truth. Telling lies ultimately got Blanche Dubois nowhere. At the end of the show she was more alone than ever. Start by intentionally lying. For example, early on he tells Stella that the school superintendent "suggested that I take a leave of absence" from his teaching job (Williams 14). In reality, the principal fired her because she was having an affair with a student. We suspect he is lying and then our suspicions are confirmed. Although a reason for why he lies is not mentioned, it is probably to spare himself the pain of his sister or perhaps to maintain his appearance. Toward the end, Blanche says she received a telegram from “an old admirer of mine…An old boyfriend” inviting her on “A Caribbean cruise on a yacht” (Williams 152, 153). At this point he even begins to believe his own lies. She has lied to others and even to herself for so long that she finally ends up believing it. When Tennessee Williams shows us through the sound of the polka and the shadows on the wall what is going on in Blanche's head, it makes us wonder if something is really wrong. He also told Mitch that he hadn't lied in his... middle of paper... way. A Streetcar Named Desire shows us the perfect lesson of not judging a book by its cover, because in reality they could be a disaster. No one has any idea what's going on inside a person unless you know them. Don't judge someone by their outward appearance, Lying gets you nowhere in the end, Abusing people is never good, Treating people as you would like to be treated and Staying true to yourself are just some of the moral and ethical lessons I have gleaned from A tram called Desiderio. Published in 1946, this comedy sheds light on the middle and lower classes during the Great Depression. Some of these lessons arose because the nation was ready to embrace the “old-fashioned values” of home and family after the outbreak of World War II. Works Cited Williams, Tennessee. A tram called Desiderio. New York: New Directions, 1980. Print.