A Streetcar Named Desire Flashcards
“He hasn’t gotten a thing…”
“He hadn’t got a thing but a good night kiss, that’s all I’ve given him. Men don’t want anything they get too easy especially when a girl is over thirty”
(Desire sexuality and fate)
“God honey it’s…”
“God honey it’s gonna be so sweet when we can make noise in the night the way we used to and get the coloured lights going with nobody’s sister behind the curtain to hear us!”
(Desire sexuality and fate)
“We’ve had this…”
“We’ve had this date with eachother from the beginning”
(Desire sexuality and fate)
“By coming into a room…”
“By coming into a room that I thought was empty which wasn’t empty, but had two people in, the boy I had married and an older man who had been his friend for years”
(Desire sexuality and fate)
“I want to be near you…”
“I want to be near you got to be with somebody. I can’t be alone!…I’m not very well”
(Mental health and trauma)
“He’d stuck the…”
“He’d stuck the revolver into his mouth and fired!”
(Mental health and trauma)
“I don’t want…”
“I don’t want realism I want magic!”
(Mental health and trauma)
“I have always…”
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers…”
(Mental health and trauma)
“She backs out..”
“She backs out of sight, he advances and disappears. The sound of a blow and Stella cries out”
(Gender and power)
“What such man…”
“What such a man has to offer is animal force and he gave a wonderful exhibition of that! To go to her with him. That’s your job not mine!”
(Gender and power)
“The power and…”
“The power and pride of a richly feathered male bird among hens”
(Gender and power)
“We’ve had….”
“We’ve have this date with eachother since the beginning”
(Gender and power)
“Turn that off!”
“Turn that off! I won’t be looked at in this merciless glare!”
(Illusion and reality)
“Say it’s only a…”
“Say it’s only a paper moon, sailing over a cardboard sea…but it would be he make believe if you believed me…”
(Illusion and reality)
“What are you laughing..”
“What are you laughing at honey”
“Myself! Myself for being such a liar! I’m writing to shep
(Illusion and reality)
“I don’t want realism!”
“I don’t want realism I want magic!”
(Illusion and reality)
