Steve + Eunice + Mitch quotes Flashcards
“Life has…
got to go on.” Eunice provides an insight into the way in which the women of this society must survive. Her comforting Stella is forceful, yet the level of care she shows Blanche shows a type of remorse.
“Eunice’s voice…
shouts in terrible wrath.” juxtaposes the sanctuary the apartment is used for for Stella in scene three. subverts gender stereotypes in a way, presents how violence goes both ways in elysian fields.
“I hope they do haul you in…
and turn the fire hose on you, same as last time!” evokes that there has been multiple instances of this in the apartments.
“still wiping…
“That one seems…
“work clothes…
his hands on a towel” Williams uses stage directions, costume + props to show the illusion of class that Blanche gives to Mitch “superior to the others”, and is revealed to be no better than the rest “he is unshaven”
“You’re not clean enough…
to bring into the house with my mother.” corrupt view of gender equality, his mother matters in a way which Blanche does not, focuses upon the idea of Christian virginity, ‘cleanliness’, nuclear family thrived on religious ideals.
“I’ll kill…
you. (he lunges and strikes Stanley.”
Despite disproving himself earlier with the way he spoke to Blanche, Mitch shows some gallantry in attempting to apprehend, punish or just hurt Stanley.
