Themes - Femininity and Dependance (women included)

“Don’t holler at me like that. Hi Mitch” – Stella

-       Unequal – she is more refined.

-       Rebellion against Stanley – doesn’t ever end well.

“I don’t know what we’ve got to mix with. Maybe a coke’s in the icebox” – Stella page 7

-       Trying to distract Blanche from the fact she is not drinking.

-       Pregnancy.

-       Deception – not ready to tell Blanche.

“You never did give me a chance to say much, Blanche”- Stella – Page 8

-       Always been quiet.

-       Always been silenced.

-       Can’t voice opinion and stand up for herself.

-       Blanche and Stanley both want to control Stella.

-       Contrast between her silence with Blanche and her silence with Stanley.

“you’re just a plump as a little partridge (…) You just have to watch around the hips a little”.

-       Alliteration, simile.

-       Rude

-       Little filter.

-       Stuck in the past with Belle Reve and how they looked then.

-       Projecting and deflecting her own self-image obsession onto her sister.

“I can’t be alone! Because-as you must have notice – I’m- not very well…” – blanche page 10.

-       Dependency.

-       Can’t be in her own company.

-       Grasping to her human connections.

-       Could argue that Blanche travelling to stay with Stella is a cry for help.

“I stayed and Struggled!” – Blanche – page 11.

-       Blanche changes onto the past.

-       Stella looks to the future and acknowledges change, but Blanche can’t do that

“How about my supper, huh?”

-       Housewife.

-       Dependant on her.

-       Gender roles

“Poker shouldn’t be played in a house with women”. – Mitch, page 32.

-       Men will be men.

-       Misogynistic.

“Y’know how indifferent I am to money”. Page 38, Blanche

-       Ironic

-       Lies, sarcasm, unclear.

“Sometime today I’ve got to get hold of a bromo” Blanche , page 39

-       hyphenation and repetition

-       Money doesn’t just go.

-       Detachment.