A Streetcar Named Desire and Duchess of Malfi

Question 1

“Elysian Fields”

Answer 1

Final resting place of the dead

Question 2

“heaves the package” “red-stained package” (Scene 1)

Answer 2

Stage directions about Stanley - masculinity

Question 3

“her appearance is incongruous to this setting” (scene 1)

Answer 3

about Blanche - alienation, outsider

Question 4

“daintily dressed in a white suit” “ear-rings of pearl” (scene 1)

Answer 4

Blanche - Southern Belle, beauty, outsider

Question 5

“her delicate beauty must avoid a strong light” (scene 1)

Answer 5

Blanche - beauty

Question 6

“Belle Reve”

Answer 6

Beautiful dream

Question 7

“and turn that over-light off” (scene 1)

Answer 7

Blanche - light imagery

Question 8

“you haven’t said a word to me” “you haven’t given me a chance to, honey” (scene 1)

Answer 8

Blanche, Stella - sister dynamic

Question 9

“I was on the verge of - lunacy, almost!” (scene 1)

Answer 9

Blanche

Question 10

“you haven’t said a word about my appearance” (scene 1)

Answer 10

Blanche - self-conscious, needs compliments, beauty all she has

Question 11

“as plump as a little partridge” (scene 1)

Answer 11

Blanche - demeaning, harsh

Question 12

“will it be decent?” (scene 1)

Answer 12

Blanche - link to desire, gentlemen or not

Question 13

“Blue piano” (scene 1)

Answer 13

nervous, anxiety, trauma

Question 14

“animal joy in his being is implicit in all his movements and attitudes” “power and pride of a richly feathered male bird among hens” “gaudy seed-bearer” “territory” (scene 1)

Answer 14

about Stanley - physical, masculine, not intellectual, compared to an animal

Question 15

“her little weakness” (scene 2)

Answer 15

Stella - about Blanche

Question 16

“what belongs to the wife belongs to the husband and vice versa” (scene 2)

Answer 16

Stanley - relationships

Question 17

“feathers and furs” “costume jewellery” “bracelets of solid gold” “a crown for an empress” (scene 2)

Answer 17

Stanley - appearance, beauty

Question 18

“red satin robe” (scene 2)

Answer 18

Blanche - lust, desire

Question 19

“a little bit on the primitive side” (scene 2)

Answer 19

Blanche - about Stanley

Question 20

“raw colours of childhood’s spectrum” “coloured shirts” (scene 3)

Question 21

“whiskey bottles” (scene 3)

Answer 21

masculine, strong

Question 22

“Seven-card stud” (scene 3)

Answer 22

deception, bluffing

Question 23

“a loud whack of his hand on her thigh” (scene 3)

Answer 23

harsh, brutality, physical

Question 24

“pink silk brassiere and white skirt in the light” (scene 3)

Answer 24

feminine, under the spotlight, beauty

Question 25

“sorrow makes for sincerity” (scene 3)

Answer 25

Blanche - forced intimacy

Question 26

“little coloured paper lantern” (scene 3)

Answer 26

light imagery

Question 27

“i can’t stand a naked light-bulb, any more than i can a rude remark or vulgar action” (scene 3)

Question 28

“there is the sound of a blow” (scene 3)

Answer 28

abuse, violence (offstage)

Question 29

“Stell-lahhhhh!” (scene 3)

Answer 29

Stanley

Question 30

“her hair loose about her throat and shoulders” (scene 3)

Answer 30

Stella - angelic

Question 31

“low, animal moans” (scene 3)

Question 32

“her face is serene” “narcotized tranquility”

Answer 32

Stella - Virgin Mary, angelic, numbed, empty