Chapter 7

Question 1

What does Stanley tell Stella Blanche did?

Answer 1

Blanche was asked to leave flamingo hotel.
Blanche dismissed from school from having a relationship with a seventeen year old boy.

Question 2

What happens in this chapter?

Answer 2

Stanley reveals Blanche’s past and why she left Laurel.
Stella stands up for Blanche insisting she’s vulnerable.
Stanley buys Blanche a ticket to Laurel for her birthday.

Question 3

‘I think Blanche didn’t just love him but worshipped the ground he walked on’ Analysis

Answer 3

Unhealthy obsession shows how she attaches himself to men.

Question 4

‘Degenerate’ Analysis

Answer 4

portrays outlook of 1940’s America on homosexuality something that does not fit into normalised ideas of sexuality.

Question 5

‘A hot bath always gives me a new outlook of life’ Analysis

Answer 5

Motif of a bath shows functionality as a cleaning ritual.

Question 6

‘That girl calls me common’ Analysis

Answer 6

Stanley’s hate for Blanche is based on the attitudes she has towards him.

Question 7

‘Is singing in the bathroom a saccharine ballad’ Analysis

Answer 7

Dramatic and situational irony as sings love under illusions but her illusions have been shattered.