Randomness

How has Williams created a sense of Mitch’s character Mitch is a shy gentleman. He is an imposing physical sample, extremely built and powerful, but he is also an extremely sensitive and sympathetic man. Mitch’s mother is dying and the other boys refer to him as a “Mommy’s boy”, as he is quite old and still lives with his mum as he is very caring and wants to look after her the best that he can. Mitch is attracted to Blanche the first time he sees her. He is lonely and likes Blanche from the moment he sees her standing outside the bathroom. Mitch is shy in front of Blanche; this is shown when he comes out of the bathroom and forgets to leave the towel behind and turns back with an embarrassed laugh and hands it to Stella. Mitch is a decent man and only wants to settle down with one woman that he really loves. Mitch is a gentleman and speaks with respect to Blanche. He likes to tell people things and listen to what they have to say. He is self conscious; this is shown when he says to Blanche, “Can I – uh – kiss you – goodnight'” He does this because he doesn’t want to offend her in any way although Blanche wants him to kiss her. He doesn’t understand how to flirt with someone, when Blanche flirts with Mitch he doesn’t know what to say or how to say it. Mitch cannot lie as he is a truthful person. When Blanche laughs at him when he says something he gets offended because she is laughing at him and when she speaks in French to him about romantic things he gets embarrassed as he doesn’t understand what she is saying. He is confused as she lets him kiss her and then when he tries to touch her, she slaps him. Blanche is very flirtatious towards Mitch and when he doesn’t flirt back she gets the idea that he is inexperienced and very shy when it comes to talking to women. Blanche lies to Mitch about her age as she thinks that he will not like her anymore and will think that she is old. Blanche is in fact 5 years older than Stella but tells him that Stella is her younger sister. Mitch finds out that Blanche is not married and is a schoolteacher. He inquires further, and she tells him she teaches English. She turns the radio on again and waltzes to the music, while Mitch clumsily tries to imitate her. Blanche decides to turn on the radio loud to get Mitch’s attention and this then makes Stanley angry and gets up to turn it of himself and throws it out of the window. Two of the men drag him off Stella, and Blanche takes her upstairs to their neighbours. The men try to sober Stanley up and there is another brief struggle. The men leave. Stanley begins to sob and calls out for Stella to return. He stands outside the building and calls up to Eunice to return Stella. Eunice tells him Stella will not come, and yells abuse at Stanley. Stella returns and she and Stanley embrace passionately. He carries her back to the flat. Outside the bathroom, Blanche encounters Mitch, and Stella introduces her to him. After Mitch returns to the kitchen, Blanche remarks that he seems superior to the other men. Stella agrees, and Blanche makes several inquiries about him. When Mitch returns to the poker table Stella and Blanche are in the room, When Blanche asks for a cigarette from Mitch and Mitch tells her to look at the message on the box, this allows Mitch to tell her to read the message and tell her where the cigarette box came from; who he received it from. Mitch tells her that a dying girl gave it to him, “She knew she was dying when she gave this to me. A very strange girl, very sweet – very!”