What does bathing symbolize?

Bathing symbolizes Blanche’s guilty conscience. While living in Laurel, Mississippi, Blanche made a few costly mistakes that she wishes to forget and these mistakes constantly made her feel guilty and dirty, which explains why she feels the need to bathe so frequently.

What does Blanche’s name mean?

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What is in Blanche’s trunk?

The trunk holds things that are real, including Blanche’s love letters and documents about Belle Reve, and things that are fake, such as her costume jewelry. This distinction is lost on Stanley. That Stanley has rummaged through her trunk is the first sign that she is not welcome and that he views her as a threat.

What does the paper lantern symbolize in A Streetcar Named Desire?

In A Streetcar Named Desire, a Chinese paper lantern is used to symbolize a main character’s own insecurities. The paper lantern is an important symbol of Blanche because it simplifies all of her imperfections onto, literally, a piece of paper.

Why does Blanche cry out and cover her face when Mitch tears off the paper lantern and turns on the light?

Mitch tears the paper lantern off the lightbulb. She begs him not to turn the light on, but he says that he wants to be “realistic.” Blanche cries that she doesn’t like realism and “want[s] magic.” She explains that her policy is to say what “ought” to be true.

Why does Stella stay with Stanley?

She often finds herself taking refuge at her neighbor Eunice’s (who is often abused by her own husband as well) home, only to return to Stanley when he cries for her to take him back. It is clear in the play that Stella is attracted to Stanley’s passionate, animal nature, and that is why she stays with him.

What is the name of Blanche and Stella’s childhood home?

Laurel was the fictional hometown of Streetcar’s Blanche DuBois and her sister, Stella, and the site of their family estate, Belle Reve.

Why does Blanche’s husband kill himself?

In the middle of the dance, Blanche told her young husband that he disgusted her. This deliberate act of cruelty on Blanche’s part caused her young husband to commit suicide.

How old is Stanley Kowalski?

Stanley Kowalski: A rather common working man, about twenty-eight to thirty years old, his main drive in life is sexual. He is a former master sergeant in the engineer corps and faces everything and everybody in his life with a brutal realism.

What is the story behind A Streetcar Named Desire?

The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of personal losses, leaves her privileged background to move into a shabby apartment in New Orleans rented by her younger sister and brother-in-law.

Who yelled Stella?

Marlon Brando