A Streetcar Named Desire Flashcards
Stella quotations
“This is my house and I’ll talk as much as I want to!” [scene 3]
“He smashed all the light bulbs with the heel of my slipper! [she laughs]” [scene 4]
“There are things that happen between a man and a woman in the dark–that sort of make everything else seem–unimportant.”
“You never did give me much chance to speak Blanche so I just got into the habit of being quiet around you” [scene 4]
“He didn’t know what he was doing… he was as good as lamb when I came back and he’s very, very ashamed of himself” [scene 4]
When was A Streetcar Named Desire written?
1946
Stella - key themes
gender and social class
Stella - perceptive ideas about character
Stella embraces patriarchal femininity because she is aware that she can never empower herself in such a society that oppresses her and becomes comfortable with Stanley’s toxic masculinity
