‘Humankind cannot bear very much reality.’
-T S Eliot
· Importance of Blanche’s story suggested by its placement in the very middle of the play.
· Blanche and Mitch return home after their date has been a failure.
· Blanche is evidently less animated than usual; she is clearly preoccupied with what Stanley may have learnt about her.
· Mitch’s sick mother is never far from his mind and so the conversation turns to death and loneliness. (Domestic tragedy being ‘issue-led’ here).
Glossary of terms:
· Neurasthenic personality: suffering from a nervous disposition.
· Joie de vivre! The joy of the living; a phrase used to express enjoyment of life.
· Bohemian: non-traditional.
· Je suis la Dame aux Camellias: reference to a well known romance in which a courtesan (euphemism for prostitute) is saved by love.
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