" Sister and I in desperate
situation"
The day after Stanley's awful poker night where
he was abusive to Stella, Blanche decided to write a telegram to a rich friend trying to
ask for financial assistance to get them both out of there. The significance is that
Blanche realized right in the middle of it that she had nobody to go for help because of
the many troubles she had gotten into in Laurel, and because of her reputation. Another
significant point is that her sister, although was the victim, thinks that Blanche's
worries are nonsensical and this shows how codependent Stella is of
Stanley.
" I was just obeying the law of
nature"
During an outing with Mitch, Blanche refers to her
obeying the laws of nature in terms of pleasing a man and entertaining the way a
Southern Belle like herself are famous for doing. She was just buttering up to Mitch,
trying to convince him that she is a true gentle woman with lots of good manners and
style. The significance is that this is her only chance with a decent man, considering
her past (which Mitch does not know).
"Well, I - don't see
how anybody could be rude to u"
This is a phrase that
Blanche tells her sister considering how rude Stanley was to Stella. She made a plea to
Stella to reconsider her marriage, and to get away from Stanley. She always felt Stella
was too sweet and nice to deserve a man like Stan. This is why she said this phrase.
"Voulez-vous coucher avec
moi?"
Blanche said this when the paperboy came over to the
Kowalski home and she was in the middle of a drunken haze. She told the teenager that
all she wanted was a bit of conversation with him. Later we find out that she was
attracted to him sexually , perhaps because he reminds her of the teenage student with
which she slept and for which she was consequently fired. She told him that phrase in
the middle of her drunkenness, and perhaps this is what she would tell the men she
"pleased" in Laurel, when she lived at the hotel.
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