In a cruel world, "the dark is comforting to" Blanche as it allows her to escape reality Not only does Blanche avoid revealing her age, but she also denies any allegations regarding her past, as she tells what "ought to be truth" Blanche finds tranquility in the illusion the shade generates by lying about her past.
The dark serves as a "shield in a world too harsh for her delicate sensibilities" Aubrey Avoiding the light allows Blanche to control her emotions as she neglects her shameful behavior in the past. However, facing reality seems inevitable because fantasy remains temporary. Light reveals the reality of "her predatory and promiscuous past", which cause an influx of sentiments Parry As the headlight from a car shines in the room, Blanche tells Mitch about her dead husband.
She compares her finding of love to "blinding light" Love brightens Blanche's world; however, her husband's suicide casts her into darkness. Her husband acts as "the searchlight" illuminating her world, but she never again finds "any light that's stronger" once he dies Causing her husband to commit suicide by confronting his sexuality, Blanche's guilt prevails in the light.
Despite her traumatic experience with love, …show more content… The paper lantern functions to obscure her appearance and bury her past. Blanche purchases the "adorable little colored paper lantern" to create a youthful and vivid fantasy in which she flees realism While the description of the paper lantern parallels with Blanche's fragility, it contrasts with her apparent aging.
The lantern shelters Blanche "from the grimness and cruelty of reality" as she attempts to forget the effects of time Adler One to one online tuition can be a great way to brush up on your English knowledge. Answered by Mariam A. Answered by Jake H. Answered by Olivia W. Which light? What for? Mitch: This one with the paper thing on it. She utters a frightened gasp ] Blanche: What did you do that for?
Mitch: So I can take a look at you good and plain! Mitch: No, just realistic. The light and Mitch himself suggest realism. Furthermore, his action can also be seen as a form of violation foreshadowing the physical rape that will happen in the next scene. Blanche fears the light because of the harsh realism she will be forced to face which will cause her happy fantasies being young and beautiful to be shattered.
I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I tell what ought to be the truth. And if that is sinful, then let me be damned for it!
Her desperate explanation is emphasised by her final scream to not turn on the light as it is her only hope of salvaging what is left of the image that she has created for Mitch and herself. Mitch crosses to the switch. He turns the light on and stares at her. She cries out and covers her face. He turns the light off again.
Even though Mitch and the light stand for truth, Mitch ironically turns off the light in the end because he also has now seen the ugly reality and is willing to accept the dream that Blanche has created for him.
You come in here and sprinkle the place with powder and spray perfume and cover the light-bulb with a paper lantern, and lo and behold the place has turned into Egypt and you are the Queen of the Nile!
He [Stanley] crosses to dressing table and seizes the paper lantern, tearing it off the light bulb, and extends it towards her. She cries out as if the lantern was herself. This last action by Stanley emphasizes his victory over Blanche. Stanley extends the ripped paper lantern to her, giving back her shattered dreams. Key Moments:. There are two key moments:. Page Yet, just as she cannot erase the past, her bathing is never done.
Stanley also turns to water to undo a misdeed when he showers after beating Stella. The shower serves to soothe his violent temper; afterward, he leaves the bathroom feeling remorseful and calls out longingly for his wife. Both Stanley and Blanche drink excessively at various points during the play. She drinks on the sly in order to withdraw from harsh reality. A state of drunken stupor enables her to take a flight of imagination, such as concocting a getaway with Shep Huntleigh.
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