Secrets

There is a lot revealed about Blanche in these couple scenes. First, we learned straight from Blanche what had happened to her husband. One day she came home and found him in bed with another man who was his friend. Even though it was really awkward, they pretended like nothing happened and went out that night. They were all drunk, and Blanche made a comment to her husband about how he disgusts her. He ran out and committed suicide by shooting himself. We figured out why Blanche feels guilty for her husband’s death.
But, we also learned a lot about Blanche’s personal past. Stanley Kowalski figures out Blanche from his friend Shaw, who makes frequent trips to Laurel. Stanley finds out that Blanche was known for staying at a hotel names Flamingo Hotel. It was a pretty shady establishment, and even that hotel asked her to leave because of her immoral behavior. Everyone in the town thought Blanche was crazy. The most crucial thing he figured out was about her job. She wasn’t given a leave of absence after all. She was fired because she was dating a 17-year-old student, and the school found out about it.
I was pretty surprised by most of these discoveries, especially what happened to her late husband. But, some of these revelations came as a shock because Blanche always tries to play a really innocent and fragile character when in reality she got kicked out of the Flamingo Hotel because she was too inappropriate. The one thing that didn’t surprise me, but equally grossed me out was how she was caught for having a relationship with a student. I already knew that she was creepy with kids after she kissed that newspaper boy.