Quotes Flashcards
Appearance
Her appearance is incongruous to the setting
Scene one
1- He tears
2- she cries out
1-He tears the paper lantern off the light bulb. She utters a frightened gasp
Mitch scene 9
2- she cries out as if the lantern was herself
Stanley tearing down the lantern scene 11
Bled for it
I fought for it bled for it, almost died for it!
Blanche scene one
👄 💦
You make my mouth water
Blanche at the young man scene 5
Keep my hands off
I’ve got to be good and keep my hands off little children
A girl alone
A girl alone in the world has to keep a firm hold on her emotions or she’ll be lost!
Blanche scene 6
She is lost at the beginning
1- under cover
2- crouches over
Under cover of the train’s noise Stanley enters
Scene 4
She clasps her hands to her ears and crouches over. The headlight of the locomotive glares into the room as it thunders past.
Scene six
I tell
I tell what ought to be the truth
Blanche
Scene 9
Her delicate
Her delicate beauty must avoid strong light
I like an artist who paints
I like an artist who paints in strong, bold colours, primary colours.
Blanche scene 2
She pours
She pours half a tumblr of whisky and tosses it down
Scene 1
Stanley doesn’t give me
Stanley doesn’t give me a regular allowance
Scene 4
Things that happen between
There are things that happen between a man and a woman in the dark - that sort of make everything seem - unimportant
Have got to be seductive
Have got to be seductive put on soft colours, the colours of butterfly wings, and glow - make a little temporary magic in order to pay for one night’s shelter
I won’t be looked
I won’t be looked at in this merciless glare
Scene one