Both Uses of
effigy
in
A Streetcar Named Desire
- A hideous straw-Stuffed effigy of myself, Tom Finley, was hung and set fire to in the main quadrangle of the college.†
Scene 2.2 *effigy = a model or other representation
- The shutters in the Moorish Corner are thrown open on the Palm Garden: scattered sounds a/disturbance are still heard: something burns in the Palm Garden: an effigy, an emblem?†
Scene 3.1
Definition:
a model or other representation -- typically of a person -- often of someone hated, so that it can be mocked and abused