Scene 9 Summary Flashcards
(13 cards)
At the start of the scene…
Mitch arrives to speak to Blanche
Blanche acknowledges that…
She prefers fantasy to reality, and that she tells what she thinks should be the truth (pg 86)
Motifs / symbolism in this scene?
Paper lantern, light, tarantula, alcohol, music, clothing
Mitch tears down… which is symbolic of…
The paper lantern he put over the light; symbolic of his tearing down Blanche’s illusions and hope; violence (pg 86)
Mitch reveals…
How he really is; loses his facade; illusions between him and Blanche are shattered, represented by his work clothes (pg 83)
When Mitch arrives, Blanche…
Talks and flirts with him as a way to delay the inevitable; she contradicts herself by both flattering and criticising (pg 84)
Throughout the scene…
The Varsouviana music plays; Blanche admits this to Mitch (pg 84)
Mitch first accuses Blanche of…
Drinking all of Stanley’s liquor (pg 85)
Blanche tells Mitch about the hotel and…
The Tarantula Arms and her intimacies with strangers (pg 87)
The Mexican woman street vendor represents…
Death and Blanche’s trauma; calls echo contrapuntally (pg 88)
Blanche also tells Mitch about…
The soldiers who visited her as her family died (pg 89)
Once he finds out about Laurel, Mitch…
Attempts to have sex with Blanche, but still refuses to marry her (pg 89)
The scene ends with…
Mitch leaving and Blanche left alone and drunk
