Madness Flashcards
the song representing Blanche’s madness
varsouviana polka
Stanley’s caveman introduction
Catch! Meat!
stage directions when Blanche arrives in the apartment and is left alone
after a while the blind look leaves her eyes…she catches her breath with a startled gesture…a wild cry
blanche’s gothic fantasy
only mr edgar allan poe! Out there i suppose is the ghoul-haunted woodland of weir (reference to ulalume, about lover who dies)
Blanche melodramatic retelling of the fall of belle reve
I, I, I took the blows in my face and my body…The grim reaper had put up his tent on our doorstep!
Blanche bathing
she’s soaking in a hot tub to quiet her nerves
Blanche consumed by a past love
there are love letters, yellowing with antiquity
Blanche flirts with Stanley
yes- I was flirting with your husband Stella!
Blanche seduction at the poker night
stands in her pink silk brassiere and white skirt in the light through the portieres
Blanche failing to understand Stella’s marriage
when i found out you’d been insane enough to come back in here…I started to rush in after you
Blanche acknowledging her own fragility and the role she plays
put on soft colours, the colours of butterflies and glow, male a little temporary magic…soft people have got to shimmer and glow, put a paper lantern over the light
blanche losing control of herself
her hand shakes so it almost slips from her grasp
blanche’s french fantasy
we are going to be very bohemian…pretend that we are sitting in a little artists’ cafe
small show of stanley’s anger
he hurls a plate to the floor
blanche’s emotional anguish registering as a physical illness
she clutches her throat and then runs into the next room. coughing, gagging sounds are heard
