Form And Structure

Question 1

Overlapping voices of people on the street

Answer 1

establish multicultural vibrancy of the city

Question 2

movement between streets and apartment

Answer 2

• fluid and transparent walls
• exploration of boundary between interior and exterior dramatises fantasy v reality
• domestic/ interior is no protection from the harsh reality of life

Question 3

Episodic structure

Answer 3

• 11 consecutive scenes compared to conventional use of acts
• gradual revelation of Blanche’s disreputable past intensifies
• sense that action is unfolding in a way that is inevitable

Question 4

‘A locomotive is heard approaching outside’

Answer 4

Stanley’s perpetual presence

• interrupt Blanche’s rare moment of candour
• Williams intention = side with the marginalised
• evoke sympathy for Blanche = evasive brash presence of locomotive opposes refinement of the Old south

Question 5

ALL end with statement from Blanche

Answer 5

scene x = Stanley Scene xi= steve