Why did Blanche keep staying with her sister when she hated her husband, Stanley? She started getting emotional and she was still tempted to stay with them. Stanley obviously didn't want her to stay with them and he showed that. He even bought her a bus ticket back to New Orleans so why did she stay??
shareMaybe because she had no where else to go or too lazy to look for another place. All I can say is that Blanche is an idiot I was in the exact situation she was in and I left.
shareBlanche had no place to go. She would have had difficulty in finding another job because she had ruined her reputation as a schoolteacher after having an affair with an underage student. There may have been other useful jobs but it's important to remember that Blanche's upbringing as a traditional southern belle equipped her for few professions. Her upbringing was designed for her to live off her wealth and marry a rich man; unfortunately, these options were closed when she lost her money. Moreover, her mental illness made everything worse.
shareGood point
shareI don't think she had anywhere else to go? She arrives to stay with her sister as a last resort, having burnt her bridges everywhere else.
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Very true. Nicely put.
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I think that her mental state and dealing with aging and the death of her husband made her desire the comfort of her sister. She said at one point that her sister always catered to her, which also explains why her sister was drawn to a guy like Stanley who needed a lot of catering to. And I think that weighed more heavily on the side of her staying than Stanley weighed on the side of her leaving. Also, Stella looked up to her and didn't spend a lot of time around her, so it would be easy for Blanche to become the glamorous figure she imagines herself to be.
shareRight and the major point in the play is, Blanche is finished. It's the old south versus the new, and the old isn't able to fight the influx of the new south any longer.
shareshe was broke and alone
shareShe says very plainly to Stella that she's played out. She has spent a long time at the mercy of dying relatives who are busy spending their last hours squabbling; she was swamped with the financial disaster of Belle Reve. With both catastrophes, she had little to no help. Her own emotional imbalance, stemming at least from her husband's suicide, has made inroads into her capacity to deal with the world. This has, indeed, led her to burn her bridges. She is probably terrified of being alone for any great length of time: there are nightmares lodged in her heart.
shareShe says very plainly to Stella that she's played out. She has spent a long time at the mercy of dying relatives who are busy spending their last hours squabbling; she was swamped with the financial disaster of Belle Reve. With both catastrophes, she had little to no help. Her own emotional imbalance, stemming at least from her husband's suicide, has made inroads into her capacity to deal with the world. This has, indeed, led her to burn her bridges. She is probably terrified of being alone for any great length of time: there are nightmares lodged in her heart.
She says very plainly to Stella that she's played out. She has spent a long time at the mercy of dying relatives who are busy spending their last hours squabbling; she was swamped with the financial disaster of Belle Reve. With both catastrophes, she had little to no help. Her own emotional imbalance, stemming at least from her husband's suicide, has made inroads into her capacity to deal with the world. This has, indeed, led her to burn her bridges. She is probably terrified of being alone for any great length of time: there are nightmares lodged in her heart.
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I think in her own crazed way she was attracted to Stanley.
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