https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021 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 12:50:24 UTC 2025-10-29 15:24:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f468-2695.png 161133robin https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1876628990 this is at the point when Blanche has been raped by Stanley. After telling her, Stella is reluctant to believe Blanche, so Blanche is being sent to a psychiatric facility.]]> 2021-11-08 23:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1876628990 161133robin https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1876638776 this connects with Blanche's character and what she has been saying throughout the poem– her clothes are gifts from admirers and she has been invited on a cruise with Shep Huntleigh– another admirer.]]> 2021-11-09 00:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1876638776 161133robin https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1876640162 The characters reflect on how women were treated back in the day– domestic violence was not something that was reported and rape was a topic that few people were concerned about. As a result, Blanche was sent to a psychiatric hospital.

The reader asks themselves a question– what happens to Blanche during her time at the hospital and after she gets out? ]]> 2021-11-09 00:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1876640162 161133robin https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1876644456 Women are stuck in toxic relationships (Stella's beating's by Stanley) and Women, at this time, have little power when they are abused and raped. As a result, she is taken by the Doctor and Matron to be treated at a psychiatric hospital. ]]> 2021-11-09 00:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1876644456 16110412 https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1877014130 They appear in the last scene of the play in order to take her to a mental institution. ]]> 2021-11-09 02:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1877014130 16110412 https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1877020053 conveys that Stanley succeeded in making Blanche's life miserable. It also depicts that Blanche depended on men, not necessarily sexually, but she was in need of a gentleman who treated her with kindness. ]]> 2021-11-09 02:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1877020053 16110412 https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1877034339 Blanche continues to depend on the kindness of strangers. This image of the doctor ironically conforms to Blanche’s notions of the chivalric Southern gentleman who will offer her salvation. Just as she viewed Mitch as a man to rejuvenate her life , she also views the doctor in the same way to change her life or perhaps she may not know what is in store for her but feel comforted in the moment of kindness from the doctor.]]> 2021-11-09 02:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1877034339 16110412 https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1877041958 the nurse approaches Blanche in a harsh way, which is why Blanche responds violently. The Doctor on the other hand approaches Blanche gently in which she has a positive response to the treatment, and she mentions her last words, which were, "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers". The readers are left wondering if the hospital changed her or if maybe Stanley confesses. They also wonder if Stelle feels guilty or how Mitch feels. ]]> 2021-11-09 03:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/angelina_mok/Streetcar_DocNurse2021/wish/1877041958