In Tennessee Williams play a streetcar named desire the protagonist Blanche Dubois is a financially broken woman who hopes to conceal her past and flee from it. In the second to last scene of the play the ruthlessly practical and brutish antagonist Stanley kowalski rapes Blanche and deliberately destroys her mental stability. Which universal theme is most directly symbolized by this interaction?
The link between sexual desire and death
Illusions crushed by the force of reality
The conflict between reform and habit
Social opposition to true love and religion

Question

In Tennessee Williams play a streetcar named desire the protagonist Blanche Dubois is a financially broken woman who hopes to conceal her past and flee from it. In the second to last scene of the play the ruthlessly practical and brutish antagonist Stanley kowalski rapes Blanche and deliberately destroys her mental stability. Which universal theme is most directly symbolized by this interaction? 
The link between sexual desire and death 
Illusions crushed by the force of reality 
The conflict between reform and habit 
Social opposition to true love and religion