Mitch

Question 1

Working-Class man

Answer 1

• roughly dresses in blue denim work clothes

Question 2

Gentle and sensitive

Answer 2

• Well mannered and gentlemanly
• Made fun of for his sensitivity (Scene 3 and 11)
• Treats Blanche with respect and is sympathetic

Question 3

Beta Male (Sub-ordinate male animal in a particular group)

Answer 3

• Antithesis of Stanley (the direct opposite)
• Mourning Blanche’s treatment in scene 11
• Blanche attempts to elevate Mitch to the romanticized status of the idealized Allan Grey. Mitch “shares his softness and tenderness which wasn’t like a man’s”

Question 4

Presentation of Mitch

Answer 4

• Different from the Mitch we are presented to in scene 3 and 6
• Found in ‘blue-denim working clothes’

Question 5

Quotations that present Mitch as similar to Stanley

Answer 5

• ‘Stalks into the bedroom’
• ‘Mitch grunts’
• ‘Blue denim shirt and pants’

Question 6

Mitch forces himself on Blanche

Answer 6

• Mitch, who till now was the “decent” man, shows his misogynistic and sexist notions in this scene. He clearly believes he is entitled to sex, because Blanche has slept with other men. Additionally, while he looks to have sex outside of marriage with Blanche, her indulgence taints her making her “dirty” while it does not affect him, as he is a man.
• Mitch’s entitled behavior foreshadows Stanley raping her