Scene 2 Flashcards
BLANCHE
“It is six o’clock the following evening. Blanche is bathing”
“Maybe he’s what we need to mix with our blood now that we’ve lost Belle Reve and have to go on without Belle Reve to protect us…”
“Blanche comes out of the bathroom in a red satin robe.
/Hello, Stanley! Here I am all freshly bathed and scented and feeling like a brand new human being
/Some button on the back”
“Would you think it possible that I was once considered to be attractive …I was fishing for a compliment”
“You’re simple, straightforward, and honest, a little bit on the primitive side I should think”
“Cards on the table … well life is too full of evasions and ambiguities … I like an artist who paints strong blood colors, primary colors… I never cared for wish-washy people”
“He’s just not the sort that goes for Jasmine perfume … we need to mix with our blood now that we’ve lost Belle Reve and have to go on without Belle Reve to protect us”
“Red hots! Red hots! … utters a sharp, frightened cry”
“The blind are - leading the blind!”
STELLA
“Don’t mention the baby. I haven’t said anything yet”
“Oh Stan! [She jumps up and kisses him which he accepts with a lordly composure] I’m taking Blanche to Galatoires’ for supper and then to a show, because it’s your poker night.”
“Are you going to stay here and insult her?”
STANLEY
“I’ll inquire if she is acquainted with the Napoleonic code.”
“It looks to me like you have been swindled, baby, and when you’re swindled under the Napoleonic code I’m swindled too. And I don’t like to be swindled.”
“He pulls open the wardrobe trunk … jerks out an armful of dresses”
“pulls up a fistful of jewelry”
“Kicks the trunk”
“The Kowalskis and the DuBios have different notions”
“Look at these feathers and furs that she comes here to preen herself in!”
“Since when do you give me orders”
“I never met a woman that didn’t know if she was good-looking or not without being told”
“He crosses the trunk, shoves it open, and beings to open compartments”
“You see, under the Napoleonic code, a man has to take an interest in his wife’s affairs, especially now that she’s going to have a baby [The blue piano]’
