Critical essay- character

Question 1

what are the points i will write for this essay question?

Answer 1

1. blanche’s issue with drinking
2. blanche, the truth and lighting (her vanity too)
3. blanche and the polka
4. blanche and her obsession with bathing and clenliness
5. Blanche and the contrast in costume

Question 2

what quote should be used in blanche’s issue with drinking?

Answer 2

“no one’s my limit”
“some rarely touch it but it touches them often”

Question 3

what quote should be used for blanche the truth and lighting?

Answer 3

‘i wont be looked at in this merciless glare’
“suggests a moth”
“i dont think i have ever seen you in the light”

Question 4

what quote should be used in blanche and the polka paragraph?

Answer 4

“then the polka resumes in a major key” p183
“fades out” p184

Question 5

what quotes should be used for the paragraph of blanches obsession with bathing and clenliness

Answer 5

“i take hot baths to calm my nerves” p134
“i shall die from eating an unwashed grape” scene 11

Question 6

what quotes should be used for blanches importance of costume?

Answer 6

scene 1 “prim and proper”
scene 11 “soiled and crumpled