Jungian Analysis of the Lady in the Fenced Orchard

There is a heraldic beast called Blanche duBois, half wounded bird and half woman. This creature presents a problem to the chivalrous man, who can have sexual feelings about the woman even while he rescues the wounded bird. Stanley Kowalski solved the problem by ignoring the wounded bird completely, and his friend Mitch solved the problem by ignoring the woman. The chivalrous man, attentive to everything, must acknowledge the complicated whole.

The truly chivalrous man expects no reward for, or even acknowledgement of, his good deed, which is lucky for him. As soon as the wounded bird gains a bit of strength Blanche duBois goes into a telephone booth and out comes Superwoman. Superwoman never needed any help from any man, not even her father, so naturally she disavows any relationship to Blanche duBois. Should any literal-minded chivalrous man ask her who she was before the telephone booth, she will say, with amusement and scorn, that she has always been Superwoman. And she is right. Superwoman always has been Superwoman.