S5 Higher

The use of a physical object or entity in the text to convey an idea or concept:  What happens to the object represents  what happens to the idea

Blanche feels dirty because of her past misdemeanours, sins and lies So, when she is persistently bathing, this means:

1. “And turn that over-light off! I won’t be looked at in this merciless glare!” 1. Context: 2. Scene: 3. Who says it: 4. Symbol: 5. Symbolic of:

2. Blanche stands in her underwear in the light coming through the portieres. When she is told, she moves, saying “Oh, am I?” 1. Context: 2. Scene: 3. Who says it: 4. Symbol: 5. Symbolic of:

3. “Why, on our wedding night – he snatched off one of my slippers and rushed about the place smashing all the lightbulbs with it” 1. Context: 2. Scene: 3. Who says it: 4. Symbol: 5. Symbolic of:

4. “He tears the paper lantern off the lightbulb. He turns the light on and stares at her. She cries out and covers her face” 1. Context: 2. Scene: 3. Who says it: 4. Symbol: 5. Symbolic of:

5. “You come in here and sprinkle the place with powder and spray perfume and cover the lightbulb with a paper lantern, and lo and behold... You are the Queen of the Nile!” 1. Context: 2. Scene: 3. Who says it: 4. Symbol: 5. Symbolic of:

6. “You left nothing here but spilt talcum and old empty perfume bottles – unless it’s the paper lantern you want to take with you. You want the lantern?” 1. Context: 2. Scene: 3. Who says it: 4. Symbol: 5. Symbolic of:

7. “They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and get off at – Elysian Fields!” 1. Context: 2. Scene: 3. Who says it: 4. Symbol: 5. Symbolic of:

8. “What you are talking about is brutal desire – the name of that rattletrap streetcar than bangs through the Quarter…” 1. Context: 2. Scene: 3. Who says it: 4. Symbol: 5. Symbolic of: