Overview
Character Name
Mexican Woman
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Ensemble
Dramatic Function
Narrator/Chorus
Relationships
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
New Orleans, 1940s
Analysis
A Mexican woman who sells “flores por los muertos,” or “flowers for the dead.” She frequently makes appearances that occur almost at the same time as Blanche’s breakdowns, particularly when Blanche is thinking about her family.
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