Minor characters

Question 1

‘You can’t beat a woman and then call ‘er back’

Answer 1

Eunice is the voice of reason throughout the play and she is not afraid to stand up to Stanley and tell him like it is

Question 2

‘Eunice…daemonic disorder/Call the police’

Answer 2

This is a very non stereotypical feminine appearance - Eunice again is standing up for herself unlike Stella did

Question 3

‘Steve and Eunice…she is sobbing luxuriously and he is cooing’

Answer 3

Steve and Eunice provide a comic mirror to Stella and Stanley - comic relief for the audience

Question 4

A nervousness, a softness and tenderness which wasn’t like a mans’

Answer 4

Alludes to Allan Gray’s homosexuality - it was seen as abnormal in 1920s southern society

Question 5

‘Young man was a degenerate’

Answer 5

Derogatory terms shows the attitudes to homosexuality at the time

Question 6

‘He pursues her along the walk, overtakes her and there is a struggle’

Answer 6

Williams uses the minor characters to mirror the events of the main characters - these horrors happen all the time everyday - comment on society itself not just a group of people

Question 7

‘I always did say that men are callous things with no feeling but this does beat anything. Making pigs of yourselves’

Answer 7

Eunice is the voice of reason for the all the characters in the play - she is not afraid to stand up to the men and point out what they are doing is wrong