Appearance vs Reality Flashcards
1
Q
‘Say its only a paper moon, sailing over a cardboard sea’
A
incidental music = fantastical yet limp scenery is a metaphor for the fragile fantasy that Blanche has created.
‘paper’ & ‘cardboard’ - unstable, easily crushed, reflecting the ease of masculine domination of the female and her body & property.
2
Q
[artificial figures of Ant. and his children, appearing as if they were dead]
A
3
Q
[performed in delivering up his cross, hat, robes & ring…investing him with sword, helmet, shield & spurs]
A
metatheatrical performance of the Cardinal’s embodiment of 2 different characters, a religious figure and a soldier. Highlights the true extent of his immorality as he doesn’t abstain form war as one would expect a religious figure to.
