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"The rapid, ferverish polka tune, the 'Varsouviana' is heard. The music is on her mind; she is drinking to escape it..."

Williams here reveals the reason of Blanches drinking habit - she's trying to get away, from her past, from the present and from what is looming in the future.

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"I let the place go? Where were you. In bed with your-Polack!"

Attempting to establish a superiority over Stanley by degrading him.

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"Her appearance is incongruous to this setting. She is daintily dressed in a white suit with a fluffy bodice, necklace and earrings of pearl, white gloves and hat..."

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"and a look of sorrowful perplexity as though all human experience shows on her face." Scene 11

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"and a look of sorrowful perplexity as though all human experience shows on her face." Scene 11

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The impact she feels when she hears Mitch's name
It's like she's aged in just that moment

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"Physical beauty is passing. A transitory possession" scene 10

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"Physical beauty is passing. A transitory possession" scene 10

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It's like she is accepting that she can't be young again and knows that her wish to have that beauty is not realistic

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"There now, the shot! It always stops after that." Scene 9

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"There now, the shot! It always stops after that." Scene 9

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Emphasises her mental instability- replaying her husbands death in her head

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Please close the curtains before I come out
Scene 11

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"Never inside, I didn't lie in my heart..." scene 9

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"Never inside, I didn't lie in my heart..." scene 9

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Trying to believe it herself that she didn't lie- but she did

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" I received a telegram from an old admirer of mine" scene 10

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"It wasn't the kiss I objected to. I liked the kiss very much."

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This brings to light that kissing a young man has happens before and this is why she 'left' her job

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This shows that she is gradually loosing the plot however the words she is singing contrast what Stanley is saying . This creates an impact.

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Kisses the young man because she wants love.

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Tells stories about parrots, thinking people are laughing and there is nothing wrong.
Scene 8

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Blanche is strong enough to stand up to Stanley's physical presence

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' "I must jot that down in my notebook.Ha-ha! I'm compliling a notebook of quaint little words and phrases I've picked up here." '
This shows that she believes she is better than the people in Elysian Fields so in order to understand what's going on she has to write things down. It's as if she's in a foreign country. Scene 5

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' "for being such a liar!"
This shows she is aware of her lying tendencies however she doesn't bother to make a difference in her ways.

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Death and loss is presented as a part of her life.

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Death and loss is presented as a part of her life.

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"Regarded as not just different but downright loco-nuts"

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Unstable childhood

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Presented as a moth, fragile and faded.