Confident that she has found the protection she craves with her carefully planned myths, Mrs. DuBois is singing "It's Only a Paper Moon" in the bathtub. The lyrics reveal her mindset: an imaginary world could become real through love and a persistent faith in her. However, Blanche's imaginary world does not surpass reality; Once Blanche's fantasy version of herself crumbles, her hopeful future with Mitch, the only one who has been willing to believe in her fantasy, will be eradicated. A juxtaposition between an illusory perspective on life and the real world is created when Blanche sings optimistically with Stanley's dire revelations about her. Stanley sees his wife's sister-in-law as a threat to his lifestyle. This threat, combined with his hatred of all things illusion, made Stanley an adversary in DuBois's imaginary world. In this case Stanley is very similar to reality, as he wishes to reveal the truth of the situation. Bathing to remove all the flaws of the past is an extravagant wish since Blanche cannot physically change the past. During another of his bathing rituals, Stanley with all the accumulated facts, informs Stella of all the truths behind Blanche's acts. Furthermore, Stanley has already discussed the matter with Mitch. After this moment, the facade collapses at the hands of reality. As Mitch confronts Blanche about these revelations and forces her to show him all her features under a naked light bulb, she continues to hope that admitting all these flaws in return will save her relationship. Instead,