Topic:
Mental Illness in SND
Key Points/Arguments
Quotes Literary/Dramatic Devices Articles Themes and Context
S1 S1 ‘echoed the fate of the outsider in Blanche is closed in and
‘(sits in a chair) very stiffly’ ‘a cat screeches’ – dramatic device American society and raised the cannot escape the past, she
shows B’s discomfort shows how she is on the edge of her question of justice’ – Arthur Miller is already on a trajectory
‘I have never had your new surroundings for downfall when she
beautiful self control…one tiny ‘she springs up’ – dichotomy ‘Stanley is merely finishing her off arrives.
nip more’ – hints at mental between static and movement, this and forensically examining her
illness and drinking problem is her first active verb. The motif of remains’ – Fergus Parnaby Portrayed as a victim of her
S5 her being scared of cat sounds own flaws.
‘At each noise blanche winces repeats later in scene 1.
slightly.’ ‘The music of polka rises up, faint
‘with abrupt change in gaiety’ – in the distance’ – plastic theatre
erratic shows beginning of her madness,
S6 she is haunted by dead husband
‘neurasthenic personality’ S5
S7 ‘storm – all storm, and I was –
‘she soaks herself in a hot tub’ caught in the centre…’ – lots of
– washing away her sings or caesuras how B’s fragmented,
calming her anxiety, 100 temp panicky state
implies a burning hell S9
Mental Illness in SND
Key Points/Arguments
Quotes Literary/Dramatic Devices Articles Themes and Context
S1 S1 ‘echoed the fate of the outsider in Blanche is closed in and
‘(sits in a chair) very stiffly’ ‘a cat screeches’ – dramatic device American society and raised the cannot escape the past, she
shows B’s discomfort shows how she is on the edge of her question of justice’ – Arthur Miller is already on a trajectory
‘I have never had your new surroundings for downfall when she
beautiful self control…one tiny ‘she springs up’ – dichotomy ‘Stanley is merely finishing her off arrives.
nip more’ – hints at mental between static and movement, this and forensically examining her
illness and drinking problem is her first active verb. The motif of remains’ – Fergus Parnaby Portrayed as a victim of her
S5 her being scared of cat sounds own flaws.
‘At each noise blanche winces repeats later in scene 1.
slightly.’ ‘The music of polka rises up, faint
‘with abrupt change in gaiety’ – in the distance’ – plastic theatre
erratic shows beginning of her madness,
S6 she is haunted by dead husband
‘neurasthenic personality’ S5
S7 ‘storm – all storm, and I was –
‘she soaks herself in a hot tub’ caught in the centre…’ – lots of
– washing away her sings or caesuras how B’s fragmented,
calming her anxiety, 100 temp panicky state
implies a burning hell S9
