key quotes Flashcards
“her appearance is incongruous to this setting”
she cant fit into new orleans, reflecting modern, moving, post war society. blanche is not willing to move on but that doesnt stop the world from moving on
“elysian fields”
elysian means paradise (reflects williams love for new orleans) but also how new orleans is a place where seeking desires is safe to an extent, this doesnt include blanche
“the kuwalskis and the dubois have different notions”
hypocritical because he follows the traditional patriarchal family system of sovereignty yet, yet judges blanche for her traditional views
is only a modern man when it benefits him
“the blind are - leading the blind!”
quote from the bible, but broken up by the hyphen, reflecting the impossibility to follow the bible accurately due to the cruelty/randomness of life
reflects how no one is above another, there is no superiority that holds any true meaning
