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  1. “Whoever you are,” Blanche says, “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” The doctor leads Blanche through the kitchen as the poker players look on. Stella, crouched on the porch in agony, calls out her sister’s name as she passes by.

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      A summary of Scene Ten in Tennessee Williams's A...

  2. Blanche says, “Whoever you are––I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” Blanche departs the social world of the play and retreats permanently into her mind. She does not distinguish between the Doctor’s gentlemanly actions and those of her suitors, responding to his treatment just as she responded to Mitch’s.

  3. Whoever you areI have always depended on the kindness of strangers. These words, which Blanche speaks to the doctor in Scene Eleven, form Blanche’s final statement in the play. She perceives the doctor as the gentleman rescuer for whom she has been waiting since arriving in New Orleans.

  4. The famous line in this scene is, of course, "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." It is an ironic note. Blanche has been forced to depend on strangers - for security, for love, for comfort, for money - because her actual family could not provide.

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  5. Mar 9, 2020 · After looking at the kind doctor, Blanche's demeanor changes. She actually smiles and says the play's famous line, "Whoever you are—I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." The doctor and nurse lead her from the apartment.

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  6. Quick answer: Blanche says "Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers," she means that she expects to be treated with respect and honor because she is a...

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  8. As she says to him, ‘I have always depended on the kindness of strangers’ (p. 107), her words recall her thanking Mitch at the end of Scene Three: ‘I need kindness now’ (p. 39); and we now realise the poignant truth that there has been very little kindness in Blanche’s life.

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