Key Quotes - Scene 1 Flashcards
1
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‘Her appearance is incongruous to the setting’
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2
Q
‘Something about her uncertain manner, as well as her white clothes, that suggests a moth’
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3
Q
‘Take a streetcar named desire, and then transfer to one called ‘cemeteries…and get off at - Elysian Fields’
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4
Q
‘She pours half a tumbler of whiskey and tosses it down’ ‘I’ve got to keep hold of myself!’
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5
Q
‘But don’t you look at me, Stella, no no no…not till I’ve bathed and rested! And turn that over light off! Turn that off! I won’t be looked at in this merciless glare!’
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6
Q
‘Why, that you had to live in these conditions!’
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7
Q
‘You haven’t said a word about my appearance’ ‘I want you to look at my figure’ ‘glances at Stella for reassurance’
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-fishing for compliments - vanity
