• Blog – Stella is remarkably sad at the end of the play because of what happens to Blanch. Was she right in doing what she has done?
In the last scene in the play Stella is seen packing Blanche’s bags. Stella has arranged for Blanche to go to the state institution. What makes this so hard for Stella is that Blanche does not want to go and she tries to fight off the doctor who was sent to pick her up. In Banche’s final attempt to escape she tells them that she has forgotten something. At that moment Stanley turns off the lantern’s bulb, which symbolizes Blanche’s desire to live in a world of semi-illusion. “You left nothing here but split talcum and old empty perfume bottles – unless it’s the paper lantern you want to take with you. You want the lantern?” The light has always symbolized Blanche; ever since the moth reference at the beginning of the play. “Tearing it off the light bulb, and extends it towards her. She cries out as if the lantern was herself.” (Pg. 140) Stella has tried to help her sister throughout the play but it has been to no avail. So in essence, sending Blanche to a state institution was Stella’s way of saying ‘I give up.’
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This was a good blog. I liked the quote you used to support what you were saying. It was a good choice. I agree that when Stella had the people come and get Blanche was her giving up. She chose Stanley over Blanche. Good blog, Michael.
have a fun spring break! :]
This blog was excellent. The use of the quotes was great and it really showed the details of how blanche was when she was being taken away, and how Stanley wanted her out as well.
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