(List 4B) Blanche by https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche The presentation of Blanche DuBois throughout the play en-us 2016-11-18 15:34:59 UTC 2016-11-24 09:48:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Doubleheart.png Scenes 1-4 dha3 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/138731555 2016-11-18 15:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/138731555 Scenes 5-8 dha3 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/138731557 2016-11-18 15:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/138731557 Scenes 9-11 dha3 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/138731558 2016-11-18 15:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/138731558 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139041358 Presented as a moth, fragile and faded. ]]> 2016-11-21 10:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139041358 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139042169 Unstable childhood ]]> 2016-11-21 10:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139042169 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139042342 "Regarded as not just different but downright loco-nuts" ]]> 2016-11-21 10:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139042342 Death and loss is presented as a part of her life. https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139042918 2016-11-21 10:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139042918 Lies https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139044120 ' "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.]]> 2016-11-21 11:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139044120 Condescending https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139044516 ' "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]]> 2016-11-21 11:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139044516 She returns his look without flinching https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139044735 Blanche is strong enough to stand up to Stanley's physical presence]]> 2016-11-21 11:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139044735 Delusional https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139044742 Tells stories about parrots, thinking people are laughing and there is nothing wrong.
Scene 8]]> 2016-11-21 11:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139044742 Desperate https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139044997 Kisses the young man because she wants love.]]> 2016-11-21 11:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139044997 Scene 7; singing in the bath https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139045154 This shows that she is gradually loosing the plot however the words she is singing contrast what Stanley is saying . This creates an impact.]]> 2016-11-21 11:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139045154 I must keep my hands of children https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139045232 This brings to light that kissing a young man has happens before and this is why she 'left' her job ]]> 2016-11-21 11:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139045232 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139045425 "It wasn't the kiss I objected to. I liked the kiss very much."]]> 2016-11-21 11:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139045425 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139046078 " I received a telegram from an old admirer of mine" scene 10]]> 2016-11-21 11:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139046078 " I don't want realism" scene 9 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139046168 2016-11-21 11:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139046168 "Never inside, I didn't lie in my heart..." scene 9 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139046395 Trying to believe it herself that she didn't lie- but she did]]> 2016-11-21 11:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139046395 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139047191 Please close the curtains before I come out
Scene 11]]> 2016-11-21 11:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139047191 "There now, the shot! It always stops after that." Scene 9 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139411822 Emphasises her mental instability- replaying her husbands death in her head]]> 2016-11-22 16:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139411822 "Physical beauty is passing. A transitory possession" scene 10 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139584078 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 ]]> 2016-11-23 13:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139584078 "and a look of sorrowful perplexity as though all human experience shows on her face." Scene 11 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139584712 The impact she feels when she hears Mitch's name
It's like she's aged in just that moment ]]> 2016-11-23 13:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139584712 Blanche's first appearance scene 1 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139716656 "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..." ]]> 2016-11-24 09:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139716656 Scene 1 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139718333 "I let the place go? Where were you. In bed with your-Polack!" 

Attempting to establish a superiority over Stanley by degrading him. ]]> 2016-11-24 09:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139718333 Blacnche's drinking habit scene 9 https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139722928 "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. ]]> 2016-11-24 09:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dha3/Lit4B_Blanche/wish/139722928