Scene 1 quotes Flashcards
Love, sex, death, money, ethnicity, time, youth and age, family, reality, illusion, fantasy, home, destiny and fate, class, masculinity, femininity, desire, lonliness, identity, the south, madness
Stage Directions - ‘He h.. the p.. at h”
‘He heaves the package at her’ - sexual innuendo
Stage Directions (Blanche) - ‘Her d… b… must a.. a st.. light’
‘Her delicate beauty must avoid a strong light’ - femininity, identity, illusion
Stage Directions (Blanche) - ‘She is d.. dr.. in a w.. s.. with a f.. bodice’
‘She is daintily dressed in a white suit with a fluffy bodice’ - illusion, femininity, class, money
Stage Directions - ‘The s.. is p.. it has a ra.. ch..’
‘The section is poor … it has a raffish charm’ - the south
Stage Directions - ‘B.. pi.. expresses the sp.. of the l..’
‘Blue piano expresses the spirit of the life’ - the south, naturalistic
Blanche to Stella - “T.. that over-light o..! T.. that o..! I won’t be l.. at in this m.. gl..!”
‘Turn that over-light off! Turn that off! I won’t be looked at in this merciless glare! - identity, illusion
Blanche to Stella - “Your s.. hasn’t t.. into a d..”
“Your sister hasn’t turned into a drunkard” - illusion, family
Blanche - “Out th.. I sup.. is the ghoul-haunted w..la.. of Weir”
“Out there I suppose is the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir” - the south
Stella - “N.. Or.. isn’t like ot.. cit..”
“New Orleans isn’t like other cities” - the south
Blanche - [nervously tamping cigarette] “I was on the v.. of lun..”
[nervously tamping cigarette] “I was on the verge of lunacy” - madness, past, destiny
Blanche to Stella - “You ha.. said a w.. ab.. my app..”
“You haven’t said a word about my appearance” - identity
Blanche - “Day.. ne.. exp.. such a r..!”
“Daylight never exposed such a ruin!” - reality, illusion, age
Blanche to Stella - “I ne.. had your bea.. se..-con..”
“I never had your beautiful self-control” - destiny, family
Blanche - “My l.. are sli..!” [She laughs nervously and glances at Stella for reassurance]”
“My looks are slipping!” [She laughs nervously and glances at Stella for reassurance] - age
Blanche - “Oh y.. They’re so.. l.. Irish, ar.. th..?”
“Oh yes. They’re something like Irish aren’t they?” - ethnicity, the old south
Stella - “If yo.. just tr.. n.. to - well - com.. h.. with m.. that we we.. out w.. at home”
“If you just try not to - well - compare him with men that we went out with at home” - class, the old south
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..”
“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
Blanche - “I gu.. that is w.. I mea.. by b.. in l..”
“I guess that is what I meant by being in love” - love, femininity, lonliness
Blanche to Stella - “You l.. and I st.. and st..”
“You left and I stayed and struggled” - family, reality
Stage Directions - ‘B.. touches her h.. to her f..”
‘Blanche touches her handkerchief to her forehead’ - lonliness, madness
Blanche - “F.. are p.. com.. to d..”
“Funerals are pretty compared to deaths” - death
Blanche - “Th.. told me to ta.. a st.. named d.. and then tr.. to one c.. cem..”
“They told me to take a streetcar names desire then transfer to one called cemeteries” - desire, death, destiny, fate
SD - “Since earliest m..h.. the c.. of his l.. has been pl.. with w.., the g.. and t.. of it”
“Since earliest manhood the centre of his life has been pleasure with women, the giving and taking of it” - sex, masculinity
SD - “He s.. w.. up at a g.., with s.. class.., cr.. images fl.. into his m.. de.. the way he sm.. at them.”
“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
Stanley - “You w.. mar.. once we.. you? [the m.. of the p.. rises up, f.. in the dis..]
“You were married once weren’t you? [the music of the polka rises up, faint in the distance] - loneliness, madness, past
