Scene 1 quotes

Question 1

Stage Directions - ‘He h.. the p.. at h”

Answer 1

‘He heaves the package at her’ - sexual innuendo

Question 2

Stage Directions (Blanche) - ‘Her d… b… must a.. a st.. light’

Answer 2

‘Her delicate beauty must avoid a strong light’ - femininity, identity, illusion

Question 3

Stage Directions (Blanche) - ‘She is d.. dr.. in a w.. s.. with a f.. bodice’

Answer 3

‘She is daintily dressed in a white suit with a fluffy bodice’ - illusion, femininity, class, money

Question 4

Stage Directions - ‘The s.. is p.. it has a ra.. ch..’

Answer 4

‘The section is poor … it has a raffish charm’ - the south

Question 5

Stage Directions - ‘B.. pi.. expresses the sp.. of the l..’

Answer 5

‘Blue piano expresses the spirit of the life’ - the south, naturalistic

Question 6

Blanche to Stella - “T.. that over-light o..! T.. that o..! I won’t be l.. at in this m.. gl..!”

Answer 6

‘Turn that over-light off! Turn that off! I won’t be looked at in this merciless glare! - identity, illusion

Question 7

Blanche to Stella - “Your s.. hasn’t t.. into a d..”

Answer 7

“Your sister hasn’t turned into a drunkard” - illusion, family

Question 8

Blanche - “Out th.. I sup.. is the ghoul-haunted w..la.. of Weir”

Answer 8

“Out there I suppose is the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir” - the south

Question 9

Stella - “N.. Or.. isn’t like ot.. cit..”

Answer 9

“New Orleans isn’t like other cities” - the south

Question 10

Blanche - [nervously tamping cigarette] “I was on the v.. of lun..”

Answer 10

[nervously tamping cigarette] “I was on the verge of lunacy” - madness, past, destiny

Question 11

Blanche to Stella - “You ha.. said a w.. ab.. my app..”

Answer 11

“You haven’t said a word about my appearance” - identity

Question 12

Blanche - “Day.. ne.. exp.. such a r..!”

Answer 12

“Daylight never exposed such a ruin!” - reality, illusion, age

Question 13

Blanche to Stella - “I ne.. had your bea.. se..-con..”

Answer 13

“I never had your beautiful self-control” - destiny, family

Question 14

Blanche - “My l.. are sli..!” [She laughs nervously and glances at Stella for reassurance]”

Answer 14

“My looks are slipping!” [She laughs nervously and glances at Stella for reassurance] - age

Question 15

Blanche - “Oh y.. They’re so.. l.. Irish, ar.. th..?”

Answer 15

“Oh yes. They’re something like Irish aren’t they?” - ethnicity, the old south

Question 16

Stella - “If yo.. just tr.. n.. to - well - com.. h.. with m.. that we we.. out w.. at home”

Answer 16

“If you just try not to - well - compare him with men that we went out with at home” - class, the old south

Question 17

Stella - “I can har.. st.. it when he is a.. for a n..” “And w.. he co.. b.. I cr.. on his lap l.. a b..”

Answer 17

“I can hardly stand it when is away for a night” “And when he comes back I cry on his lap like a baby” - love, femininity, youth

Question 18

Blanche - “I gu.. that is w.. I mea.. by b.. in l..”

Answer 18

“I guess that is what I meant by being in love” - love, femininity, lonliness

Question 19

Blanche to Stella - “You l.. and I st.. and st..”

Answer 19

“You left and I stayed and struggled” - family, reality

Question 20

Stage Directions - ‘B.. touches her h.. to her f..”

Answer 20

‘Blanche touches her handkerchief to her forehead’ - lonliness, madness

Question 21

Blanche - “F.. are p.. com.. to d..”

Answer 21

“Funerals are pretty compared to deaths” - death

Question 22

Blanche - “Th.. told me to ta.. a st.. named d.. and then tr.. to one c.. cem..”

Answer 22

“They told me to take a streetcar names desire then transfer to one called cemeteries” - desire, death, destiny, fate

Question 23

SD - “Since earliest m..h.. the c.. of his l.. has been pl.. with w.., the g.. and t.. of it”

Answer 23

“Since earliest manhood the centre of his life has been pleasure with women, the giving and taking of it” - sex, masculinity

Question 24

SD - “He s.. w.. up at a g.., with s.. class.., cr.. images fl.. into his m.. de.. the way he sm.. at them.”

Answer 24

“He sizes women up at a glance, with sexual classifications, crude images flashing into his mind determining the way he smiles at them” - sex, masculinity

Question 25

Stanley - “You w.. mar.. once we.. you? [the m.. of the p.. rises up, f.. in the dis..]

Answer 25

“You were married once weren’t you? [the music of the polka rises up, faint in the distance] - loneliness, madness, past