Scene Eleven Flashcards
The National Mental Health Act 1946
Mental Heath as a federal priority.
Inspired by WWII, gender-bias policies.
Renders women invisible.
the ‘poker players’
Re-establishes social order.
AO4: Return to the patriarchy after the Duchess’ death.
Stanley ‘Luck is believing you’re lucky’
Stanley’s life motto, male bravado.
Blanche- its ‘Della Robbia blue’
Colour Madonna wore as ‘The Perfect Woman’
Wants to compare to the impossible standards of femininity.
Blanche - ‘I’mgoing to die on the sea’
‘with my hand in the hand of some nice-looking ship’s soctor’
‘ a clean white sack dropped overboard’
Imaginary voyage vs reality, gives the painful tension of the scene.
Answered by unspoken thoughts- dramatic
SD-‘The Varsouviana is filtered into weird distortion’
The matron was ‘divested of all the softer properties of womanhood’
‘He takes off his hat and now becomes personalised. The inhuman quality goes’
Williams’ experience with the healthcare system.
Blanche- ‘I have always depended on the kindness of strangers’
Blanche returns to her default setting.
She ‘needs a man for completion.
