Mitch Flashcards

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X

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‘The girl is dead now’

‘Sorrow makes for sincerity’

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Respectful

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‘Miss Dubois?’

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Mitch after his date with Blanche

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‘Stolid but depressed’
‘Beating upside down a plastic statuette of Mae West’
‘Laughs uneasily’

Blanche - ‘laughs grimly’

Both disheartened, end of date, what now

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Some kind of connection to Blanche when talking about weight ?

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‘Guess how much I weigh, Blanche’

‘What’s yours?’

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Mitch flirting with Blanche?

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‘Keeps his hands on her waist’

‘Fumblingly embraces her’

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What kind of character is Mitch?

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More sensitive that Stanley’s other friends

Kind and decent

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Mitch fallen into trap truly believing Blanche loves him ???

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“You need somebody. And I need somebody, too. Could it be – you and me, Blanche?’’

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After Stanley tells Mitch about Blanche Stanley describes Mitch as … about marrying Blanche

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‘Not going to jump into a tank with a school of sharks!’

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What is Mitch to Blanche a symbol of?

How does the music motif support this?

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Hope (at end of play)

“You’ve stopped that polka tune that I had caught in my head’’

“The polka tune stops“

Polka tune = symbol of spiralling and deteriorating state

Mitch stops it = symbol of hope for Blanche

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Blanche excited to see Mitch because she still has hope

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“Mitch!“

“So excited that her breath is audible’’

‘’dashes about“

“Rushes“

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Blanche still has hope for romance with Mitch

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“offers him her lips“

“Looks fearfully after him“ when he ‘ignores’ her

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Structure of dialogue when Mitch and Blanche are speaking in apartment whilst Stella and Stanley are at hospital

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Blanche has more lines

Mitch monosyllabic ‘huh’, ‘why’ , ‘what music?’

Blanche trying to grasp control of situation ?

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Mitch tearing off the paper lantern

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“He tears the paper lantern off the lightbulb”

Significance of Mitch being the one to reveal Blanche ??

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Mitch looking at Blanche on the light

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“He stares at her”

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How is Mitch described by Blanche?

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“A cleft in the rock of the world that I could hide in!”

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How is Mitch describes talking as he confronts Blanche about her lies?

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‘Slowly and bitterly’

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Structure of dialogue as Mitch confronts Blanche about her lies?

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Hectic
Alternating line lengths of Blanche and Mitch - Mitch dominating scene as he confronts her (Blanche monosyllabic) then Blanche dominating as you attempts to cover up and explain herself

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Mitch wanting to have sex with Blanche because he thinks he deserves it

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“Places his hands on her waist“

“embraces“

19
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How does Mitch describe Blanche

Clean

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‘’Not clean enough’’

Breaking Blanche’s illusion of cleanliness and perfection

Bathing motif/baptismal imagery

20
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Does Mitch stand at end of play when all other poker players do as Blanche passes?

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Irony
Always called Mitch a gentleman and he is the only one to not stand

‘(Poker players) Stand awkwardly’
Mitch ‘remains seated’

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Mitch violent reaction to Stanley as Blanche is being taken away

Lunges
Sobbing

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‘Lunges and strikes at Stanley’

‘Collapses at the table sobbing’