Blanche's downfall

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  • Blanche's downfall
    • Stanley
      • We've had this date with each other from the beginning" (97)
      • You left nothing here but spilt talcum and old empty perfume bottles--unless it's the paper lantern you want to take with you. 
        • eizes the paper lantern, tearing it off the light bulb (105)
    • Stella
    • Old South
      • Her downfall can be predicted in  advance as Blanche is a representation of the old South
      • Set in the 1940s
    • Mitch
      • "you done this, all o' your Goddamn interfering with things you-" (106)
        • Stanley
          • We've had this date with each other from the beginning" (97)
          • You left nothing here but spilt talcum and old empty perfume bottles--unless it's the paper lantern you want to take with you. 
            • eizes the paper lantern, tearing it off the light bulb (105)
      • Destroying her image and exposing her
        • Page 86
        • "he tears the paper lantern off the bulb"
        • "I don't want realism." "I'll tell you what I want. Magic!"
    • The Flamingo
      • Flamingo? No! Tarantula was the name of it! I stayed at a hotel called the Tarantula Arms!
      • "Yes, a big spider! That's where I brought my victims.[She pours herself another drink]"
      •  I think it was panic, just panic, that drove me from one to another, hunting for some protection-- 
    • Plastic theatre
      • Varsouvianna
        • Blanche's husband
        • The "Varsouviana" is filtered into a weird distortion, accompanied by the cries and noises of the jungle.
    • Poetic realism
      • "I shall die of eating an unwashed grape"

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