A Streetcar Named Desire Drugs and Alcohol Quotes Page 3
Citations follow this format: (Scene.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue.
| Quote #7 MITCH |
This is meant to be insulting to Blanche because her alcohol consumption is incongruent with her stereotypical over-the-top femininity.
| Quote #8 Blanche has been drinking fairly steadily since Mitch left. […] As the drinking and packing went on, a mood of hysterical exhilaration came into her and she has decked herself out in a somewhat soiled and crumpled white satin evening gown and a pair of scuffed silver slippers with brilliants set in their heels. (Stage Directions, Scene Ten) |
Alcohol is fuel to the fire, as far as Blanche’s mental illness is concerned. She uses it to further delude herself.
