Too often, when individuals face life's challenges with the same rigid approach of the past, they find themselves unable to evaluate their situation and discover alternative solutions. Robert Pirsig, in his philosophical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, defines this concept as value rigidity: Pirsig explores the danger of value rigidity and proposes a solution. In order to break away from old ways of thinking, one must review previous experiences and evaluate their importance. Over the centuries, novelists and playwrights have explored this concept further by examining the struggles inherent in human life. In Tennessee Williams' play, A Streetcar Named Desire, the character Blanche DuBois clearly expounds Pirsig's concept of rigid values. Blanche's embrace of a long-destroyed pre-war world of refinement and elegance preserves her past existence and allows her to survive in a foreign world. The way she reacts to the misery she sees in Stella and Stanley's lives prevents her from adapting to her new world and ultimately leads to her destruction. As Pirsig says, the inability to reevaluate what one sees due to preconceptions leads to value rigidity. Furthermore, it results in an inability to recognize the truth – a way to escape this trap. When Blanche arrives dressed as if she were attending a summer tea instead of the poverty of uptown New Orleans, she personifies a distinct commitment to bygone Southern values. Her complete attachment to the Southern Belle lifestyle makes it impossible for her to adjust to life in a two-room apartment with her sister and brother-in-law. The sad reality is clearly before her; she looks him straight in the eyes, but refuses to face what does not suit her...... middle of paper ...... the drama of Ams A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche clearly illustrates the consequences disastrous consequences of a life lived under the constraints of rigid values. Blanche's rigid values, preconceived ideals and declared superiority imprison her in an imaginary world. This alternative world, built on the basis of a rigid system of values, weakens it and ultimately causes its destruction. In the play's conclusion, she breaks down as she leaves the objective world behind and adapts the external world to her illusions. His character's experience provides readers with a graphic example of a life defined by rigid values ​​and a lack of true quality. Similar to Pirsig's illustration of the South Indian monkey trap, readers want to advise Blanche to abandon the act, forgive herself, and accept reality in order to avoid spending the rest of her life in a psychiatric institution..