Scene Six Flashcards
Blanch asking Mitch abt streetcar, sexual, struggle
“Is that streetcar named desire still grinding along the tracks”
Blanche wants to keep it dark on her date with Mitch, maintain the illusion, lie abt age
“Let’s leave the lights of”
Blanche and Mitch having lit nothing to talk abt, Mitch tryna assert masculinity
“Guess how much I weigh, Blanche”
What Mitch says that shows they both need each other not love (Mitch cause mum, Blanche cause protection
“you need somebody. And i need somebody too”
sound and light that happens when Blanche finally talks abt Allen, shows sensual overload and truth coming out
a locomotive is heard approaching outside , the headlight of the locomotive glares into the room
What her and Allan dance to (signified trauma)
“We danced to the Varsouviana”
What happens
Blanche and Mitch go out on a date, Mitch chats abt his weight and mum, Blanche tells Mitch abt what happened to Allen
