A Streetcar Named Desire Madness Quotes Page 1
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 #1 BLANCHE |
This is the first hint we get of Blanche’s madness. Oddly enough, it isn’t solitude but rather the negative influence of other people that ultimately destroys her.
| Quote #2 BLANCHE |
We get the sense from lines like this that all these deaths – of her family members and also her husband – are really at the source of Blanche’s madness.
| Quote #3 BLANCHE |
Notice when Blanche starts retreating into her fictional world of fantasy – at the first display of real violence from Stanley. This almost foreshadows her breakdown at the end of the play as the result of Stanley’s sexual violence against her.
