A Streetcar Named Desire Response #3

How might someone explain the dynamics of Blanche's encounter with the newspaper boy? Why does Blanche flirt with him?

Blanche's encounter with the newspaper boy is purely attention for herself. The young man is naive and unaware of Blanche's charm and flirtatious manners. The only reason that Blanche is flirting with him is I think goes with the fact that she is lonely and wants to relive the past. Blanche yearns for attention and needs it to keep going, she is lonely. She hasn't had a relationship since her young husband died. That is another reason why she is flirting with him, I think she sees a part of the young husband she once had in that young newspaper boy and that is why she is drawn to him and tries to flirt with him.




What does Blanche want from Mitch? Is she honest with him? Describe their relationship at
the end of scene five and during scene six.? Is Mitch an aristocratic southern gentleman?? If not, provide examples from scene six to support your answer? Do they love each other? How is their
relationship different from the relationship between Stanley and Stella?

The thing that Blanche wants from Mitch is attention. I don't think she is honest with anyone, so therefore being honest with Mitch doesn't occur at all. She lies so well that to her lying is her way of telling the truth. At the end of Scene Five, Mitch is almost entranced by Blanche and her charm. He brings her flowers and is infatuated with her. I don't think that Mitch is Blanche's idea of an aristocratic southern gentleman, but in the circumstances that she is in and being surrounded by people like Stanley Kowalski, Mitch is the closest thing to a gentleman that she has. Mitch isn't a gentleman in the regard that he asks things a gentleman shouldn't ask about a lady; Blanche's weight, her age, for example. If Mitch were a true gentleman, he wouldn't have asked that knowing a lady never reveals her weight and her age. I don't think Mitch and Blanche has a love-based relationship. Blanche wants to flirt and enjoys flirting with Mitch, but she will never be able to get past the death of her young husband. Mitch is infatuated with her, but doesn't love her. Stella and Stanley's relationship revolves around passion; they are crazy about each other. Blanche and Mitch has a muted relationship, Mitch will try to do romantic things but Blanche rejects them based on her "ideals".