A05

Question 1

ASCND is a ‘tragedy of the powerless’

Answer 1

Can link to:
-Blanche as mentally ill - she tragically unravels and is then confined to a mental institution
- Blanche as a single woman who pursues desire as she is villainised for her lack of conformity to 1950s trad. housewife expectations
This also links to the DOM as ult. the female pursuit of desire & love seals their fate in their increasingly misogynistic societies.

Question 2

Miller:
‘individual against an…unchangeable environment’