Doctor, Nurse, Newspaper Boy, Mexican woman, Negro woman Flashcards
(7 cards)
First line of the play
‘She says St Barnabas would send out his dog to lick her …’ - Negro woman
- mid conversation
Newspaper boy reaction to Blanche
‘Laughs uncomfortably’
‘Stands like a bashful kid’
‘Stares for a moment’
Mexican woman
‘Blind Mexican woman’
‘Dark shawl’
‘Negro’ woman rooting through bag quote
‘Rooting excitedly through it’
Entrance of doctor and matron quote
‘Aura of state institution’
Matron description
‘Sinister figure’
‘Voice as bold and toneless as a fire bell’ simile
Matron fingernails quote and analysis
‘These fingernails have to be trimmed’
Feline connotations
Repressing Blanche’s humanity, making her powerless by stripping her of identity and human rights