A Streetcar Named Desire S3 Flashcards

1
Q

Introduction of poker night: [They are men at the p.. of their p…. m…., as coarse and direct and p…. as the p…. c….]

A
  1. Peak, physical manhood
  2. Powerful, primary colours
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Stanley when Mitch goes to the bathroom: “Hurry back and we’ll fix you a s…”

A

Suger-tit

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3
Q

Blanche to the men: “Please d… g… up.” Foreshadows S11 where she says “Please d.. g.. up. I’m only p… t..”

A

1 & 2. Don’t get
3. Passing through

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4
Q

When Blanch asks to join the game: “You could not. Why don’t y… w… go up and sit with Eunice?”

A

You women

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5
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Stella after Stanley [wacks] her thigh: “It makes me so m.. when he does that in f… of p…”

A
  1. Mad
  2. Front, people
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6
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Blanche about Mitch: “That one seems - s… to the others”

A

Superior

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7
Q

Stella about success: “Stanley’s the o… one of his crowd that’s likely to get a….”
“It’s a d.. that he has.”

A
  1. One, anywhere
  2. Drive
    American Dream, an illusion Stanley subscribes to.
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8
Q

Stella’s robe [light ….. kimono]

A

Blue

Alligning herself with Stanley and the masculine modern America.

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9
Q

Blanche [has slipped on the d.. … … wrapper]

A

Dark Red Satin

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10
Q

Blanche and her knowledge of literature: “My favurite s… by Mrs B…!”

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  1. Sonnet
  2. Browning
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11
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Blanche: “S… people have such d…, s….. atachments.”

A
  1. Sick
  2. Deep, sincere
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12
Q

Blanche about her ancestors: “We are F…. by extractions…. F… H….”

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  1. French
  2. French Huguenots
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13
Q

Blache about the “little coloured paper lantern”: “P… it over the l… b…!”

A
  1. Put
  2. Light bulb
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14
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Stella after Stanley [stalks fiercely] and [tosses the instrument out of the window]: “D.. - d…..- a… thing, you!”

A
  1. Drunk, drunk
  2. Animal
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15
Q

Stanley beating Stella: [ There is the s.. of a b…]

A
  1. Sound
    2.Blow
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16
Q

Men to Stanley: [They speak q… and l…. to him]
“My b… okay!”

A
  1. Quietly, lovingly
  2. boy’s
17
Q

Stanley after realising that Stella left: [He b.. into s… Then he goes to the phone and dials, s.. s… with s…]
[B… his wife’s name]

A
  1. Breaks, sobs
  2. Still shuddering, sobs
  3. Bellows

Shows how similarly to Blanche’s pretense of chastity, he too is living in an illusion where he sees himslef as an ultra masculine man who is always in control.

18
Q

When they reunite, Stella’s [eyes go …. with t…… ]

A
  1. Blind
  2. Tenderness
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20
Q

Blanche when she looks for Stella: [She looks right and left as if for …..]

A

Sanctuary

21
Q

Mitch: “They’re .. about ……..”

A
  1. Crazy
  2. Each other
22
Q

Blanch to Mitch: “Thank you for being ….. I need ……. now.”

A
  1. Kind
  2. Kindness