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“After the death of Allan, intimacies with strangers was all I seemed able to fill my empty heart with . . . I think it was panic, just panic, that drove me from one to another, hunting for some protection . . .”-Blanche
How does this change Blanche and Mitch’s relationship?

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Why does Mitch reject Blanche?

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"You’re not clean enough to bring in the house with my mother."
After Mitch knows of Blanche's past, he feels disgusted by it. With this pronouncement, Mitch also reveals himself as the type of character that is too dependent on his mother.

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did she actually stay at a hotel called the tarantula or no?

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Mitch [dropping his hands from her waist]:
“You’re not clean enough to bring in the house with my mother” (150)

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Is Blanche a victim or a villain?

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What is the importance of the correspondence or contradiction between the song from Blanche and the talk between Stanley and Stella?

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Does Blanche only care about money and what will happen with her in the future?

Why does she seek attention from men?

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“It’s the first time in my entire experience with men , and I’ve had a good deal of all sorts, that I’ve actually been stood up by anybody!” (129)

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Why does Blanche assume that Mitch would still marry her after she lied to him?

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"I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic!" (Blanche, 145)

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Why do Stella and Stanley still go on with the birthday dinner if they know Mitch won't show up?

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Mitch - "What I been missing all summer."(149)

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What does the hotel "Tarantula Arms" represent in this scene? What is the significance of "Tarantula"?

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Why does Blanche feel the need to hide her past? How does her hiding her past, affect her relationships?

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why is blanche obsessed with lying?

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Since Stella clearly knows the conflict between Blanche and Stanley, why does she do nothing to stop the situation from deteriorating?

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How is Stella and Blanche's relationship changing as we get further along in the book?

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why is stella still being so protective of blanche

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I hope you’re pleased with your doings. I never had so much trouble swallowing food in my life, looking at that girl’s face and the empty chair!

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"Mexican Woman [she is at the door and offers Blanche some of her flowers]:
Flores? Flores para los muertos?
Blanche [frightened]:
No, no! Not now! Not now!"
pg. 148 lines 3-7
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"Blanche [as if to herself]:
Crumble and fade and -- regrets -- recriminations... 'If you'd done this, it wouldn't've cost me that!'
pg. 148 lines 14-16

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What is the significance of the woman selling flowers for the dead? Is her blindness another allusion to Blanche's lies?

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Is Blanche in love with Mitch?

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What does the polka music symbolize? Why is it relevant?

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What does the music that plays in the background of her thoughts supposed to mean?

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(Blanche) “I don’t want the realism. I want magic!” (145)

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Why didn't Stella talk to Blanche about what was going on before her birthday dinner?

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Scene 8 Quote: "Why do you look at me with that pitying look" (135)
Scene 9 Quote: "I tell them what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful, then let me be damned for it!- Don't turn the light on!" (145)

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Something's the matter tonight, but never mind. I won't cross-examine the witness. I'll just pretend I don't notice anything different about you! That music again....(141)

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Does Blanche truly care about Mitch or does she only care about the magical life she wants.

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Why does Mitch still want Blanche but not enough to marry her after she lied to him?

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"I don't tell truth, I tell what ought to be truth." (145)

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Why does Mitch want to turn the light on during his talk with Blanche?

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Why is Blanche frightened by the flowers the woman is selling?

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Remember what Huey Long said - "Every Man is a King!" And I'm the king around here, so don't forget it! (pg. 131)

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blanche's actions are done without thinking, shes impulsive and it shows how its effecting others: do blanche's actions mean she should live elsewhere or should stella and stanly help her?
"what a fantastic statement! fantastic of him to say it, fantastic of you to repeat it! i wont descend to the level of such cheap accusations to answer them, even!"

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Does Blanche regret lying to Mitch about everything or will her fear of being honest to herself and others about her past stop her from ever moving forward?

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Why does Stanly go to such lengths to ruin this relationship, and how does he get the intel to do it?

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"Go away, then. Get out of here quick before I start screaming fire! Get out of here quick before I start screaming fire." (Blanche, 150)

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What is the role that the flower sales women plays in the passage, why is she even there?

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Why did Blanche resist the mourning flowers sold by Mexican women?

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" The rapid, feverish polka tune, the "Varsouviana," is heard. The music is in her mind; she is drinking to escape it and the sense of disaster closing in on her, and she seems to whisper the words of the song "

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I like it dark. The dark is comforting to me.(143)

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Why does mitch still like blanche?

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Y'know, I really shouldn't let you in after the treatment I have received from you this
evening! So utterly uncavalier! But hello, beautiful!(124)

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Does Mitch still love Blanche?

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"I don't think I ever seen you in the light." (143) hi-camille

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Why did Mitch come to see Blanche in their apartment after not coming to her birthday and being upset about her past?

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Why did Blanche try so hard to keep her past private, and why does she lie on the spot when Mitch confronts her?

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"Death- I used to sit here and she used to sit over there and death was as close are you are... We didn't even dare admit we had ever heard of it!" (148-149).

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What does the hotel being named “Tarantula Arms” suggest about Blanche?

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“I don’t want realism. I want magic!” (145)

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How and why have the power dynamics shifted by Scene 8?

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How and why have the power dynamics shifted by Scene 8?

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"The opposite [of death] is desire." (149)

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"The opposite [of death] is desire." (149)