Journal # 2
As I continued reading, I started seeing two different themes taking place in the play: love and deception. The theme of love is seen through the strong connection Blanche and Mitch share. The way they interact with each other leads me to believe that they could be in love. The theme of deception is seen through Blanche’s background. Mitch believes that he knows her for who she is when in fact he has no idea that she’s not the girl she says she is.
Mitch is the type of guy who is very kind, courteous, and most likely able to fall in love. He lives at home with his sick mother whom he loves and cares for. Mitch feels as though he has to fulfill one of his mother’s last wishes, which is to start winding down and start a family (although his mother isn’t present in the play, we can say that this is her wish based on what Mitch has been saying about her). Once he met Blanche, he felt as though he could fulfill it. Little did he know, however, that there is more to Blanche than what he’s been told.
As I stated in my first journal, Blanche is irresponsible and self-centered. She has a history for lying. For example, she claims that she’s never been in Laurel when in fact she’s well known there for her act at the Flamingo Hotel in Laurel. Also, she claims that she resigned from her job as a teacher. Instead, she was fired for being involved with a seventeen year old boy.
If these two characters are so far apart from each other, then why is there such a strong connection between the two of them? Could it be their desire to be in an interment relationship? Also, if Mitch were to find out the truth about Blanche, what would happen?
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I know exactly what you mean when it comes to love and deception. It is very sad to me when someone can think they are in love when they have no idea who the other person is. People get so tangled up in wanting to love someone that they are blind to their flaws. People shouldn't hold anyone's past against them but in a case like this, where Mitch knows nothing of the whore Blanche portrays herself to be is simply sad.
ReplyDeleteWell we all know now how Mitch takes Blanche's dirty dirty past. I don't blame him either, sometimes you have to make a choice that reflects what you deserve, and Mitch deserves someone more purer than Blanche. However the way he found out was sad and quite humiliating,she must of had some really bad karma.
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