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ASND - Blanche Dubois - Coggle Diagram
ASND - Blanche Dubois
APPERANCE
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'daintily dressed in a white suit with a fluffy bodice necklace and earings of pearl, white gloves and a hat, ... ' - page 7
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'You know, I haven’t put on one ounce in ten years, Stella? I weigh what I weighed the summer you left Belle Reve.' - page
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'When she comes in, be sure to say something nice about her appearance .. . . And admire her dress and tell her she’s looking wonderful. That’s important with Blanche. Her little weakness!' - page 23
'looking' - Present tense verb, Stella knows that Blanche needs to be validated now as she believes that her looks are not as good as when she was in her youth
'That's important with Blanche' - Declarative and simple sentence, Blanche needs to be complimented to feel pretty because she is not secure in herself.
'weakness' - Abstract noun, Blanche’s hamartia, her insecurity leads her to seek for desire and validation
'little' - Base adjective, makes it seem like an innocent insecurity but it is deep rooted in Blanche’s character (creating a motif of appearance)
MOTIF
BATHING
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Helps to maintain this illusion by keeping her body fresh, symbolzing her purity and innocence
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MOTH
Suggests delicacy, fragiity and an attraction to the light (or truth) which eventually leads her harm, reflecting her unstable emotional state.
'her white clothes, that suggests a moth' - Self-destructive
BLUE PIANO
Blanche's depression, loneliness and desperation for love, but also her dreams for a future in New Orleans
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ACTION AND INTERACTION
INTERACTION W/STELLA
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"Death Speech" page 17
- monolgue demonstrating Blanches anger and accusation she expresses rather than grief
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