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Loading... Whoever you are—I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. These words, which Blanche speaks to the doctor in Scene Eleven, form Blanche’s final statement in the play. She perceives the doctor as the gentleman rescuer for whom she has been waiting since arriving in New Orleans.
Quick answer: Blanche says "Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers," she means that she expects to be treated with respect and honor because she is a Southern,...
“Whoever you are,” Blanche says, “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” The doctor leads Blanche through the kitchen as the poker players look on. Stella, crouched on the porch in agony, calls out her sister’s name as she passes by.
A Streetcar Named Desire. Stanley: Hey, STELLA! Helpful • 93 2. Blanche: Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. Helpful • 90 2. Blanche: I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people.
BLANCHE [holding tight to his arm]: Whoever you are--I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. [The poker players stand back as Blanche and the Doctor cross the kitchen to the front...
The theatre critic and former actress Blanche Marvin, a friend of Williams, says the playwright used her name for the character Blanche DuBois, named the character's sister Stella after Marvin's former surname Zohar (which means Star), and took the play's line "I've always depended on the kindness of strangers" from something she said to him.
Blanche says, “Whoever you are––I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” Blanche departs the social world of the play and retreats permanently into her mind. She does not distinguish between the Doctor’s gentlemanly actions and those of her suitors, responding to his treatment just as she responded to Mitch’s.
