a streetcar named desire critics

Question 1

Tony Coult: s k i a s o t m w a m w a w o m a h i b

Answer 1

‘Stanley Kowalski is a symbol of this modern world, a masculine world, a world of machines and harsh individualistic brutality’

Question 2

Samuel Tapp: s i a v o a m I t r a h d b h a a s d h

Answer 2

‘It can be argued that Stanley is a victim of a masculine ideology that rewards and heroises direct brutal honesty and as such dehumanises him’

Question 3

Dusenbury: r i u f b s s s i i

Answer 3

‘reality is unbearable for blanche, so she slips into insanity’

Question 4

Phillip Allan: b t t l n f s

Answer 4

‘blanche tells the lies necessary for survival

Question 5

Elia Kazan: s i a r g w h f a k o s o r b a a t p

Answer 5

‘Stella is a refined girl who has found a kind of salvation or realization but at a terrific price’

Question 6

Michael Hopper: i i p t s s a t c b o w b a s f p o w e f v

Answer 6

‘it is possible to see Stella as the crucial battleground over with Blanche and Stanley fight, possession of which ensures final victory’

Question 7

Philip Kolin: m i u t r h l t j t t m m s

Answer 7

‘Mitch is unable to rape her, leaving the job to the more manly Stanley’

Question 8

Philip Kolin: m i b b v a o

Answer 8

‘Mitch is both Blanche’s victims and oppressor’