Fantasy and Reality / Light and Dark

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  • Created by: Cat Stott
  • Created on: 11-11-17 17:29
Turn that off! I won’t be looked at in this merciless glare!
Reveals Blanche's fear of showing her age
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And admire her dress and tell her she’s looking wonderful That’s important with Blanche. Her little weakness!
As much as she tries, Blanche fails to fool anyone over her insecurities
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I never met a woman that didn’t know if she was good-looking or not without being told
Confirms that these two won't be able to co-exist
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After all, a woman’s charm is fifty percent illusion
It;s tragic that Blanche knows she's living in a fantasy (intelligent) but she's self destructive
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"I don’t want realism — I want magic!"
Last ditch attempt to hang on to her fanciful relationship with Mitch
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You’ve got to be soft and attractive. And I – I’m fading now!
Here, Blanche exposes her insecurities; showing that she isn't strong enough to deal Stanley
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But people like you abused her, and forced her to change.
Innocence ruined, Blanche lacks the pragmatism that allows Stanley to adapt to the modern world
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A cultivated woman, a woman of intelligence and breeding can enrich a man’s life – immeasurably!
Blanche wants her personal qualities to be worth more than the physical, but she knows that isn't realistic
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'"And then the search light which had been turned on in the world was turned off again"
Blanche realises her descent into madness was triggered by Allen's death
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Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

And admire her dress and tell her she’s looking wonderful That’s important with Blanche. Her little weakness!

Back

As much as she tries, Blanche fails to fool anyone over her insecurities

Card 3

Front

I never met a woman that didn’t know if she was good-looking or not without being told

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

After all, a woman’s charm is fifty percent illusion

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

"I don’t want realism — I want magic!"

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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