How we cite our quotes: 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
And turn that over-light off! Turn that off! I won’t be looked at in this merciless glare! (1.75)
As you can read in "Symbols, Imagery, Allegory," light comes to mean a lot of different things in A Streetcar Named Desire. This first instance is the most important, and reveals Blanche’s fear of showing her age.