[She takes off the blouse and stands in her pink silk brassiere and white skirt in the light through the portieres. The game has continued in undertones.]
– Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 3. Blanche decides to undress in the light, with only a curtain separating the bedroom and the kitchen where the men are playing poker. She flaunts her womanly assets so the men can see the outline of her body through the curtain. Desperate for Mitch to notice her, she uses her sexuality to attract his attention. Foreshadowed here is the secretive sexual side of Blanche and promiscuous past in her hometown of Laurel we later learn about.