The primary colours, that the men are wearing, are strong and bold colours. They are strongly associated with masculinity. Blanche herself even makes that connection between those colours and strong characters in scene II.
His full name is Harold Mitchell. In this scene we learn that his mother is sick and that he cares deeply for her. Blanche likes him. He is different from the other men, more polite. Blanche says to Stella that she sees something superior in him.
She is showing off her figure to the men. When she is standing in the light, they can see the contours of her shadow through the curtain that separates the rooms.
Stella means star. Blanche means white and DuBois means woods. Together it means white woods, but Blanche stretches and beautifies it by comparing it to an orchard in spring.
This is surely a contradiction, and only one of her many contradictions in the play.
This is something you can do on your own; you should have plenty to choose from.
Blanche is afraid for her sister’s security. Stella goes back to Stanley because she loves him and cannot live without him. She loves the passion in their marriage and believes that his violence is only a downside to that passion, and that if she wants the passion she will have to endure the violence every now and then. Blanche is utterly surprised and shocked when Stella goes back to Stanley. She is really terrified for her sister’s security and would like to help her. This is one of the few incidents within the play where we can see Blanche acting selflessly.
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