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She knew she was dying when she give me this. A very strange girl, very sweet—very. Mitch is having his first conversation with Blanche, who has just admired his silver cigarette case.
- Harold “Mitch” Mitchell
Even in his first, brief line in Scene One, Mitch’s...
- Harold “Mitch” Mitchell
MITCH: She knew she was dying when she give me this. A very strange girl, very sweet--very! BLANCHE: She must have been fond of you. Sick people have such deep, sincere...
She knew she was dying when she gave me this. A very strange girl, very sweet – very! A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 3. In his first conversation with Blanche, Mitch speaks about the silver cigarette case she has admired, giving to him by a dying girl.
She asks him for a cigarette, and he shows her his cigarette case with an inscription on it. Blanche recognizes the inscription and Mitch is pleased and explains that there is a story connected with the case. It was given to him by a girl who was dying and knew it when she gave him the present.
Mitch feels that she deliberately deceived him and made a fool of him. So, although he still desires her, he no longer wants to marry her, claiming he doesn't want to introduce someone like Blanche to his mother.
She did not know what she was doing, she claims. She eventually ended up in trouble with a seventeen-year-old student from Laurel High School and was forced to leave her position. She thought she had nowhere to go, until she met Mitch.
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This scene is the final confrontation between Blanche and Mitch. She, with the premonition of disaster (heralded by the polka music she alone hears), has been drinking, and is dishevelled and confused. Mitch shows his new lack of respect for Blanche by turning up in his work clothes, unshaven, and slightly drunk.
