A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - SCENE FIVE
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- A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - SCENE FIVE
- KEY QUOTES
- "My Rosenkavalier" - Blanche
- 'knight of the rose' - comic romantic hero - demonstrates her obsession with stories/lies (allusion).
- "I've run for protection, Stella, from under one leaky roof to another leaky roof" - Blanche
- Hinting at her time as a prostitute in the Flamingo Hotel - close to confessing to Stella (euphamism).
- "keep my hands off children" - Blanche
- Refers to the reason she had to leave Laurel - nearly reveals the truth (analepsis).
- "My Rosenkavalier" - Blanche
- KEY TERMS
- Analepsis
- Allusion
- Euphamism
- CONTEXT
- "Rosencavalier" - Strauss' comic-romantic opera from 1911.
- Alludes to Alexander Dumas the Younger - Parisian call girl.
- KEY QUOTES
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