“ I don't want realism. I want magic! ”
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (1947). copy citation
| Author | Tennessee Williams |
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| Source | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Topic | magic realism |
| Date | 1947 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.metropolitancollege.com/Streetcar.pdf |
Context
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BLANCHE: What did you do that for? MITCH: So I can take a look at you good and plain! BLANCHE: Of course you don't really mean to be insulting! MITCH: No, just realistic. BLANCHE: I don't want realism. I want magic! [Mitch laughs] Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell truth, I tell what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful, then let me be damned for it!—Don't turn the light on!” source
BLANCHE: What did you do that for? MITCH: So I can take a look at you good and plain! BLANCHE: Of course you don't really mean to be insulting! MITCH: No, just realistic. BLANCHE: I don't want realism. I want magic! [Mitch laughs] Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell truth, I tell what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful, then let me be damned for it!—Don't turn the light on!” source
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