Scene Six Flashcards
We are going to pretend we are sit…
We are going to pretend we are sitting in a little artists cafe on the left bank in Paris!
Blanche associates romance with fantasy and illusion.
Could allude to her holding on to her old south origins.
constant living in a fantasy shows the lack of romance she sees in mitch , she must cast an illusion to make her bear with his awkwardness in return of his protection and stability.
He lowers her but kee…
He lowers her but keeps his hands on her waist. Blanche speaks with an affectation of demureness]
You may release me now.
Inability for men in the play to control their sexual desires.
Blanche was raised among chivalrous men and that is what she expects - Old south.
confirms Blanche is unattractive to Mitch , just wanting him for stability rather than sex.
She could be trying to show mitch how pure she is.
a nervousness, a softness and ten…
a nervousness, a softness and tenderness which wasn’t like a man’s
euphamism and vague description of Alan to describe his sexuality. Blanche is unwilling to face the reality. Alans sexuality would have been shunned in the 1940s.
shows the vagueness society had towards homosexual people in the 1940’s, that they had to hide by other identities. Tennessee Williams is bringing light to the issues of the past and the victims society created, Blanche and her husband being two of many.
Polka mu…
Polka music sounds.
While Blanche is revealin her past to mitch we hear this The polka always plays at an imminent disaster, it also indicates to the decline of Blanches mental health.
Although Blanche is with her love intrest, the polka still plays. indicating to her desire for the past and hence her reason for living in this fantasy.
And then the searchlight …
And then the searchlight which had been turned on the world was turned off again
