COMMENTS FROM 2000 AP LIT EXAM, QUESTION 1

This is different than believing it's true. She knows the mask is not true. She knowingly lies, she knowingly deludes herself, she knowingly does not present the whole truth, only the truth that ought to be. The truth that Blanche wants is the moment of happiness she felt with her first husband. She wants that happiness in her life and to be ... ................
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