How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Scene.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue.
Quote #7
MITCH
I told you already I don’t want none of his liquor and I mean it. You ought to lay off his liquor. He says you been lapping it up all summer like a wild-cat. (9.22)
This is meant to be insulting to Blanche because her alcohol consumption is incongruent with her stereotypical over-the-top femininity.
Quote #8
Blanche has been drinking fairly steadily since Mitch left. […] As the drinking and packing went on, a mood of hysterical exhilaration came into her and she has decked herself out in a somewhat soiled and crumpled white satin evening gown and a pair of scuffed silver slippers with brilliants set in their heels. (Stage Directions, Scene Ten)
Alcohol is fuel to the fire, as far as Blanche’s mental illness is concerned. She uses it to further delude herself.