They told me to take a street-car named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at — Elysian Fields!
Blanche's sexual desires are what lead her to her death BUT she still arrives at heaven. suggesting that her actions were not sinful
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I, I, I took the blows in my face and body! All of those deaths! The long parade to the graveyard! Father, mother!
Death and obsession with mortality seem largely to be the cause of her insanity
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STELLA You are as fresh as a daisy. BLANCHE One that’s been picked a few days
Her 'epic fornications' have etched away at her innocence
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The first time I laid eyes on [Stanley] I thought to myself, that man is my executioner! That man will destroy me.
**** - a sexual act - brings about the effective execution of Blanche's sanity
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"We didn't even admit we had ever heard of it" / "The opposite is desire"
Maybe Blanche and Stella's lack of openness about death is why it's so hard to deal with. Blanche admits that her desires are her way of avoiding death, filling her life with strangers
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
I, I, I took the blows in my face and body! All of those deaths! The long parade to the graveyard! Father, mother!
Back
Death and obsession with mortality seem largely to be the cause of her insanity
Card 3
Front
STELLA You are as fresh as a daisy. BLANCHE One that’s been picked a few days
Back
Card 4
Front
The first time I laid eyes on [Stanley] I thought to myself, that man is my executioner! That man will destroy me.
Back
Card 5
Front
"We didn't even admit we had ever heard of it" / "The opposite is desire"
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