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Mitch key quotes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -"I oughta go home pretty soon..." | -"I gotta sick mother. She don't go to sleep until I come in at night" -scene 3 -dialogue |
| -"She says go out so I go out but I don't enjoy it..." | -"all the while I keep wondering how she is" -scene 3 -dialogue |
| -"that one seems..." | -"superior to the others" -scene 3 -dialogue |
| -"Blanche waltzes to the music with romantic gestures..." | -"Mitch is delighted and moves in awkward imitation like a dancing bear" -scene 3 -stage direction, simile |
| -"this is terrible..." | -"...get him in here men" -scene 3 -dialogue |
| -"you just blew your top stan" | -scene 3 -dialogue, irony |
| -"poker should not..." | -"be played in a house with women" -scene 3 -dialogue |
| -"Its a shame this had to happen when you just got here..." | -"but don't take it too serious" -scene 3 -dialogue |
| -"can I uh..." | -"kiss you goodnight?" -scene 6 -dialogue |
| -"just slap me whenever I step out of bounds" | -scene 6 -dialogue |
| -"she wants me to be settled down before she..." | -"his voice is hoarse and he clears his throat twice." -scene 6 -dialogue, stage direction |
| -"I think you have a great capacity for devotion" | -scene 6 -dialogue |
| -"drawing her slowly into his arms..." | -"you need somebody. I need somebody too. Could it be you and me Blanche?" -scene 6 -dialogue, stage direction |
| -"he tears the paper lantern off the light bulb..." | -"she utters a frightened gasp" -scene 9 -stage direction |
| -"I dont mind you being older than what I thought. But the rest of it, God!..." | -"...but I was fool enough to believe you were straight" -scene 9 -dialogue |
| -"fumbling to embrace her..." | -"...dropping his hands from her waist" -scene 9 -stage direction |
| -"I don't think I want to marry you anymore..." | -"You're not clean enough to bring in the house with my mother" -scene 9 -dialogue |
| -"you! you done this, all O your goddamn interfering with things you!..." | -"...I'll kill you!" -scene 11 -dialogue |
| -"mitch collapses at the table, sobbing" | -scene 11 -stage direction, pathos |