Scene 3 Flashcards
BLANCHE
“I think I will bathe … my nerves are in knots”
“Yes [During the pause, she looks up at the sky.] There’s so much – so much confusion in the world… [He coughs diffidently.] Thank you for being so kind! I need kindness now.”
“I can’t stand a naked lightbulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.”
“I’m very adaptable – to circumstances.”
“I haven’t noticed the stamp of genius even on Stanley’s forehead”
“It’s a French name … white woods… like an orchard in spring! you can remember it by that”
“Stella is my precious little sister”
STELLA
“This is my house and I’ll talk as much as I want to!”
“STELLA [in a high, unnatural voice, out of sight]: I want to go away, I want to go away!”
“You ought to see their wives … Blanche: Big, beefy things, I suppose”
“Drunk - drunk - animal thing, you!”
STANLEY
“they are men at the peak of their physical manhood, as coarse and direct and powerful as the primary colours”
“There are vivid slices of watermelon on the table, whisky bottles, and glasses.”
“[A chair scrapes. STANLEY gives a loud whack of his hand on her thigh.]
STELLA: [sharply]: That’s not fun, Stanley.
[The men laugh. STELLA goes into the bedroom.]”
[Stanley charges after Stella]
[He throws back his head like a baying hound and bellows his wife’s name]
[with heaven-splitting violence] STELLL-AAHHHH
MITCH
“they are men at the peak of their physical manhood, as coarse and direct and powerful as the primary colors” -> Stage direction Poker Night
“There are vivid slices of watermelon on the table, whisky bottles, and glasses.”
“Poker should not be played in a house with women”
Eunice
You can’t beat a woman an’ then call ‘er back! …You whelp of a Polack … I hope they do haul you in and turn the fire hose on you, same as the last time”
