How does Blanche initially respond to the Doctor and the Matron? Why does she later offer her hands to the Doctor? What does Blanche mean when she says, "Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers"? Describe the relationship between Stanley and Stella at the end of the play, after Blanche has left.
Blanche initially responds to the Doctor and the Matron in anger and fear, she was expecting Shep Huntleigh to come and rescue her but instead this woman and man who she has never seen before come to take her away. She refuses to let them take her, until the Doctor talks to her. Once the Doctor talks to her, the dynamic changes. She trusts him because he shows her kindness and attention. Blanche means by the famous quote that she is not an inner confident person, she is vulnerable, fragile and delicate, and whether it be from some young man showing her kindness or an old Doctor that is sealing her fate, depending on kindness has gotten her through life in a world that has constantly been trying to tear her down. Stella is heartbroken; she is crying as Blanche leaves and who is there to comfort her--Stanley. She goes back to Stanley, he consoles her, tells her reassuring things like "love" and she takes his embrace. I think despite everything Stella and Stanley will remain together, for a while at least, because of the passion they have for each other.
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