the long queen

  • solidarity between women in femgosp, whether spinster or wife, all women are on the same level vs blanche at a disadvantage, being unmarried, unlike stella

    • blanche cannot fulfil the laws set out in TLQ, leading to her downfall

    • blanche did not believe what stella said about stanley, allowing her to survive for a while

  • mysticism n legend of elizabeth I very much like the delicacy n romanticisation of blanche

  • domestic abuse of stella > < blood n mortality in TLQ