Scene 4 Flashcards
“You must have slept with him” pg 41
Blanche
Blanche worries about their relationship - its unhealthy + full of sexual violence
Even though they are married this is not the type of relationship which would allow them to be together
“good as a lamb” pg 41
Stella
Stella has long forgiven him - Blinded by him
Radical behaviors is whats captured her - blinded by love
“smashed all the lightbulbs” pg 41
Stella
happened before on their wedding night
“I was sort of thrilled by it” pg 42
Stella
Under a spell of violence
It’s unhealthy
“You’re married to a madman” pg 42
Blanche
Blanche is the only one who sees the truth
Warns her
Wants to rescue Stella from Stanley
“I’m not in anything I desire to get out of” pg 42
Stella
desire is blinding Stella to the true nature of her abusive nature with Stanley
“Texas is literally sprouting gold in his pockets” pg 43
Blanche
feels desperate - a symbol of escape - her only chance
Relying on a man again
fantasy - cant escape reality
“I saw him at his best” pg 45
Blanche
saw him in his prime animal behaviour
“go to bed with him! That’s your job – not mine!” pg 45
Blanche
ironic for later scenes
“Brutal desire – just – desire!” pg 46
Blanche
outrages by brutal desire - desire leads to bad places
foreshadows eventual destruction of blanche
cannot believe she slept with him after the violence
“Where I’m not wanted where I’m ashamed to be”pg 46
Blanche cannot fit into a middle class society Foreshadows destruction doesn't belong here
“Bestial about him” pg 47
Blanche
animalistic imagery
illustrating how he is unrefined to Stella
“Stanley Kowalski – survivor of the stone age” pg 47
Blanche
conflict of two classes - cant mix together
both from two worlds - very different
“He grins through the curtains at Blanche” pg 48
Stage Direction
smug - mocking
foreshadows that he will win over stella - blinds stella
has control over stella through sexuality
“[Blue piano and trumpet and drums is heard]” pg 48
Stage Direction
expressionaistic sound device
