'Kindness and security Essay\r'

'At the closedown of scene IX, a woman comes outside exchange flowers for the dead. This brings back her memories of Belle Reve, alone she talks of them out flashy as if she is reliving them at that moment. This shows that these memories simmer down fix her. At the beginning of scene X, Blanche has been drinking for hours after Mitch left. She has been packing and drinking, and is now in the soiled dress. She is still trying to forget what has happened by drinking. She is as well as talk to herself about a fun time, either in the past or in her head. She is trying to chip the present and go into the past by apply alcohol.\r\nâ€Å"Tremblingly she lifts up the hand mirror for a circumferent inspection. She catches her breath and slams the mirror face down with much(prenominal) violence that the glass cracks”. This shows that she forgets that it is now the present and she is maddened that she is no longer who she was and does not look alike(p) who she was. Later in scene X, she tells Stanley about what happened with Mitch, but then she says that he returned with roses to say sorry, and then she told him to go. This is what she would bedevil liked to happen, and maybe she doesn’t realise that it isn’t reality.\r\nEarlier in the play she had said; â€Å"I don’t want realism… I want magic. ” She also says that she had got a telegram from Shep Huntleigh inviting her on a cruise. Once Stanley tells her this is not true, she send offs a ‘ wonderful and menacing form’ in the shadow on the wall. This shows that she is not able to cope with the harsh reality, so she makes it up and believes it. In scene X, Blanche is raped by Stanley. After he tells her that he knows about her past, Blanche starts to see strange reflections on the wall and hear supernatural noises.\r\nThis shows that her past is directly linked to her seeing things, and also with her fear of her past and Stanley’s dominance ever ywhere her. It also shows that she cannot cope with her past. In scene XI, it shows Blanche deal fully into madness. She believes that the Doctor coming for her is Shep Huntleigh. When the matron turns up to prosecute her, she lashes out and becomes violent, which she would never have done to begin with as she would have wanted to be seen in a good light. Lastly, when the doctor shows her some kindness, she follows him quietly, as all she wants is kindness and security, even if it is from a stranger.\r\n'