Explanation:
Belle Reve, the DuBois family home, is a crucial location in Tennessee Williams’ play “A Streetcar Named Desire”. As per the text, Belle Reve was owned by Blanche DuBois and her sister Stella’s family, and it held great significance to the family. Nevertheless, the audience and the characters come to learn that the grand estate was lost due to the alleged financial mismanagement of Blanche and Stella’s family. Various clues throughout the play lead to the viewer determining that Belle Reve’s progressive decline was not just due to financial illiteracy, but also due to the family’s social downfall. The gradual loss of Belle Reve served as a metaphor for the degeneration of the DuBois family’s position within their society.