" 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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