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Question 1

Rhinestone tiara

Answer 1

illusion of wealth, glamour and aristocracy.

Ironically, Stanley sees her jewels as real and betrays his own materialistic motives.

Blanche’s vanity and sense of feminine identity.

Question 2

The Chinese lantern

Answer 2

Blanche doesn’t want too much light.

Dim, flattering, romantic, fantasy lighting in which to frame her.

Question 3

The meat

Answer 3

practical.
Flesh. Unromantic. Real. Brutal.
Stanley throwing it to Stella – symbol of her subservience and his strength.

Question 4

Box with papers for Belle Rêve

Answer 4

All that’s left. The past. Lost wealth and status. Stanley’s obsession with the Napoleonic Code.

Question 5

Cigarettes

Answer 5

flirtation, decadence, intimacy.

Question 6

Mitch’s cigarette case with poetry inscription

Answer 6

Inference that he might be educated, romantic, gallant. Illusory.
Meta poetic text of romance that Blanche cleaves to and does not deliver

Question 7

Bath

Answer 7

intimacy. Cleansing. Femininity. Privacy.