American Literature / Unit 17 AML 1638 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Blanche DuBois and the Masks She Wears
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The idea
The witness calls Blanche a complicated character who at times performs the Southern belle, slightly down on her luck but steeped in gentility. At other times the mask slips to the sexually hungry woman, and at others to raw vulnerability, terrified of being played out and alone.
In practice
Three faces, and the mask between them.
Where people slip
Williams's characters are misfits and outsiders.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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