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- Blanche launches into a somewhat hysterical rant against Stanley, and also bemoans her impoverished state. Mitch interrupts to ask how old she is. Blanche asks why he wants to know, and Mitch explains that he has told his ill mother about Blanche, and that his mother would like to see him settled before she dies.
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Jun 29, 2018 · Mitch is formal and respectful, calling Blanche “Miss DuBois” and Blanche admits that she appreciates his “gallantry”. It seems that Blanche and Mitch are in a way united by their shared loss, and are brought together by mutual experience.
When Mitch turns on Blanche’s light, he violates Blanche’s false dignity, but he does not violate Blanche sexually when she refuses him. However, his advances demonstrate that the only way he knows how to express his frustration over the relationship ending is through sexuality.
Mitch is having his first conversation with Blanche, who has just admired his silver cigarette case. The case is inscribed with a quotation from Elizabeth Barrett Browning: “And if God choose, I shall but love thee better—after—death.”
Mitch says that he asks because Blanche stopped him from becoming too familiar, and Blanche says that a single girl must be careful not to get “lost.” Stanley’s veiled hints that he knows the truth about Blanche’s background have unnerved her.
Blanche encounters Mitch under her terms, that is, in the half-light of the bedroom that hides reality. She sees that she can draw him in with her flirtation, and she views him as a potential suitor. Faithful Stella sets Stanley above the rest of the men in her estimation.
Make notes on the key moments in the development of the relationship between Blanche and Mitch so far, with key quotations to represent them.
Mitch still seems to have feelings for Blanche—both sexual and emotional. But he can't get over her past. At the same time, he refuses to take advantage of Blanche sexually, which – even though she refuses him first – makes Blanche even more hysterical. Mitch leaves Blanche alone.
