Chapter 1 Flashcards
‘Home place the plantation’ Stella Technique
Symbolism
What is the plantation a symbolism for?
Symbolises the decaying old south.
Symbolises that Stella and Blanche come from slavery money.
‘Both laugh again in the same way’ Stella Analysis
Shows that Stella is a product of her environment and thus is still xenophobic.
‘They told me to take a streetcar named desire’ Blanche Technique
Metaphor
‘They told me to take a streetcar named desire and get off at Elysian Fields’ Blanche Analysis
Suggests intense desire leads to death and decay as Elysian Fields is the land of the dead.
‘Delicate beauty must avoid a strong light’ Blanche Analysis
Indicates her fragmented nature where artificial brightness reveals her true character.
‘Heaves the package at her’ Stanley Analysis
Establishes Stanley’s dominance over Stella and his animal and primal sexuality.
‘Raffish charm’ Elysian Fields Technique
Juxtaposition
‘Raffish charm’ Elysian Fields Analysis
Suggests new America and new way of living.
‘Perculiarly tender blue’ Analysis
Adds lyricism and accentuates the atmosphere of decay.
‘Blue piano’ Technique
Motif
‘Blue piano’ Analysis
symbolises the spirit of the area.
‘Relatively warm and easy intermingling of races’ What does relatively suggest?
Racism is still present, marriage isn’t allowed.
