Apollonian
Blanche screams after she stains this on her pretty white skirt
coke
Blanche kisses the young man who came to do this
Collect money for the paper
Blanche’s location in the beginning of scene 5
The Bedroom
Blanche’s former suitor to whom she writes a false letter
Shep Huntleigh
Blanche feels nervous about her relationship with him. She doesn’t want anything between them to get too easy.
Mitch
What Blanche uses to dampen her handkerchief
Cologne
This symbolic instrument represents Dionysian
Blue Piano
A hotel where Blanche had numerous affairs
Hotel Flamingo
The zodiac sign that Blanche is ironically born under
Virgo
Eunice accuses Steve of this
Cheating on her
According to Blanche, men lose this quickly
Interest
Stella claims that this is a “more practical” cure for Eunice than the police
Alcohol
The name of the bar that Stanley and Stella go to
The Four Deuces
This is what Blanche hints at for a birthday gift
perfume
Blanche views this character as a stabilizing force– and her ticket out of Elysian Fields
Mitch
Blanche says these kind of people have to “shimmer and glow—”
soft people
Blanche’s speculation as to why Stanley bangs inanimate objects around
she bets hes an Aeries
Blanche’s hometown, revealed to be visited by Stanley’s acquaintance Shaw
Laurel, MS
Mitch brings these to Blanche at the end of the scene
roses
What Stella wants from Mitch
his respect
Blanche claims this as the reason that prevents her from glowing in the soft light.
Youth and beauty
Blanche says that she has to be good and keep her hands off of this
children
The time at which Stella meets the young man
7:15
The organization the young man works for
the evening star
The only physical gift Blanche has given Mitch
a kiss