A Streetcar Named Desire

Why is Blanche all dressed up at the beginning of Scene Ten? Where does she say she is going?

why is Blanche all dressed up at the beginning of scene ten? where does she say she is going? scene ten

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Several hours after the party, in Scene Ten, Blanche is thoroughly drunk and playing dress-up. She imagines herself addressing her admirers.

Blanche tells Stanley that she received a telegram from Shep Huntleigh, inviting her to take a cruise of the Caribbean on his yacht, and she is going.

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