Chapter 2

Question 1

‘When she comes in be sure to say something nice about her appearance’ Stella Analysis

Answer 1

Stella is gentle and appeases Blanche’s fantasies and anxieties.

Question 2

‘When she comes in be sure to say something nice about her appearance’ Blanche Analysis

Answer 2

Indicates Blanche’s need for constant appraisal and approval from others.

Question 3

‘I don’t understand what happened to Belle Reeve but it is ridiculous to suggest our family could have perpetrated a swindle’ Technique

Answer 3

Irony

Question 4

‘I don’t understand what happened to Belle Reeve but it is ridiculous to suggest our family could have perpetrated a swindle’ Analysis

Answer 4

Ironic as slavery likely to have swindling and exploitation.

Question 5

‘I don’t understand what happened to Belle Reeve but it is ridiculous to suggest our family could have perpetrated a swindle’ What does it suggest about Stella?

Answer 5

She has illusions of her upbringing.

Question 6

‘Some men are took in by this Hollywood glamour stuff and some men are not’ Analysis

Answer 6

Refusal to be fooled by Blanche’s illusions. Blanche presented as the epitome of false.

Question 7

‘Napoleonic code’ Technique

Answer 7

Repetition

Question 8

‘Napoleonic code’ Analysis

Answer 8

Shows Stanley to be uneducated as using in wrong context.
Shows Stanley as an individualistic, working class man.
Shows Stanley’s desire to follow traditional roles and provide for his wife.

Question 9

‘I hurt him the way you would like to hurt me’ Analysis

Answer 9

Blanche weighted by the burden of her losses, Husband is the epitome of her sensitivity highlights her fragility.