Streetcar Flashcards
(7 cards)
Quotes that show Blanches self concealment
“Avoids strong light”
“Can’t stand a naked bulb”
Colour symbolism
Blanche=white=ironic for purity because she has had “many intimacies with strangers” making her “not clean enough to bring in the house with [mitches] mother
She wears pink to project the illusion of ultra femininity
Foreshadowing
“Flores para los muertos” suggest tragedy
Quotes that emphasize the illusion Blanche wants to portray
“Prim and proper”
“Virgo the virgin”
“A women’s charm is 50% illusion”
Light symbolism
Light is symbolic for the truth which she avoids
“Lily” symbolism
Blanche associates herself with a lily a metaphor that aligns her with purity and femininity
Quotes that show Blanches desire for attention and companionship
She “wants to be near people, wants to be with somebody [because she] can’t be alone”
Anaphora
