In A Streetcar Named Desire, what does Elysian Fields symbolize?

Elysian Fields is the
name of the street on which Stanley Kowalski lives with Stella. The street runs between the
train tracks and the river, and it is in a poor district with what Williams describes as
"raffish charm" in New Orleans. Blanche DuBois takes a streetcar named Desire and then
a streetcar named Cemeteries to reach Elysian Fields. In mythology, the Elysian Fields were the
place where heroes went to rest after their death. In this play, the Elysian Fields represent
Blanche's final resting place. After she leaves the Kowalski residence to live in a mental
hospital at the end of the play, she is a shell of her former self, like the shades who were
laid to rest in the Elysian Fields. Her soul has died at the Elysian Fields, and it is her last
stop before she becomes a damaged person.