https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021 Minor characters: In your comment, you must include the scene, page number and evidence (quote) to support your answer. Your answers cannot overlap with your groupmates. en-us 2021-11-04 12:48:59 UTC 2023-11-06 14:02:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f471-2642.png 1610964 https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1869307454 the sight of a young man evokes Blanche's affection she had with her prior 17-year-old student especially because she just had the conversation with Stella about how she is seeking love]]> 2021-11-05 06:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1869307454 1610964 https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1869309947 reveals Blanche's true self (pedophile) and her concern for immortal youth because this is the only way she thinks she can be desirable, it suggests her peculiar past that she tries to repress but can't run away from because she's innately attracted to it]]> 2021-11-05 06:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1869309947 1610964 https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1869313324 although unknown to Mitch in the play, the audience is aware of this newly revealed information– Blanche has pedophilic tendencies, suggests to them that Blanche's secret might ruin her relationship with Mitch, also furthers his dishonesty because she is intermingling with a child when she has a developing relationship with Mitch ]]> 2021-11-05 06:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1869313324 1610964 https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1869316379 Blanche tries to escape her past (Belle Reve, dead husband, relationship w 17yearold student) by fleeing to Elysian Fields in hopes of starting a new life, but she can't deceive herself into believing she's a changed person. her facade to appear like an innocent young woman seeking love is shattered to the audience by this young man because it reveals Blanche's reality– she is drawn to younger men that she shouldn't be intermingling with ]]> 2021-11-05 06:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1869316379 1611431 https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1874793424 The Young Man arrives at Stella's as he's collecting for the Evening Star. She starts to make small talk and attempts to joke around with him.
His arrival is also significant as he arrives after Blanche finishes telling Stella that "Yes - I want Mitch ... very badly" pg 55]]> 2021-11-08 12:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1874793424 1611431 https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1874802099 Blanche kisses the young boy without waiting for him to accept, she's also very attracted to him as she tells him that he looks like a young prince out of the Arabian nights.
This sheds light on Stanley's allegation on Blanche that she was fired from her job due to "a seventeen year old boy - she'd gotten mixed up with!" (scene 7, pg. 72). This sheds light on Blanche's past as readers realise that the promiscuous information that Stanley gathered on Blanche is very likely to be true]]> 2021-11-08 12:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1874802099 1611431 https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1874826843 This makes readers realise that Blanche does not have honest intentions with Mitch and isn't in love with Mitch. This is seen as an act of betrayal, further contributing to the illusion of Blanche and her lies (about her age, using the paper lanterns, etc.).
-> moreover, right after her kiss, she goes on a date with Mitch (scene 6, pg 60) where he reveals that Blanche was a bit off-put by Mitch's kiss and Blanche says "a girl alone in the world has got to keep a firm hold on her emotions or she'll be lost"
-> this further builds upon Blanche's addiction to lying and sympathy is felt for Mitch.]]> 2021-11-08 12:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1874826843 1611431 https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1876364778 Blanche cares deeply about how she presents herself to men and developing her image as an object of male desire, as seen when she dresses provocatively in silk throughout the book. By kissing the young man, Blanche highlights her desire to be wanted by (young) men.
-> sexual desire is also emphasised by the contrast of the violence between Stanley and Stella, mended by their sexual desire. ]]> 2021-11-08 21:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_AYoungCollector2021/wish/1876364778