Scene 5

Question 1

BLANCHE

Answer 1

Stanley: Say, do you happen to know somebody named Shaw?
Blanche: [her face expresses a faint shock. She reaches for the cologne bottle and dampens her handkerchief as she answers carefully]
[touches the cologne-dampened handkerchief to her temples]

“I never was hard or self-sufficient enough.”

“Soft people have got to court the favor of hard ones… Have got to be seductive – put on soft colors, the colors of butterfly wings… make a little – temporary magic just in order to pay for – one night’s shelter!”

“I want his respect. And men don’t want anything they get too easy. But on the other hand, men lose interest.”

“It isn’t enough to be soft. You’ve got to be soft and attractive. And I - I’m fading now!”

“I won’t, I promise, I’ll go! Go Soon! … I won’t hang around until - he throws me out”

“STELLA: Blanche, do you want him?
BLANCHE: I want to rest! I want to breathe quietly again! Yes – I want Mitch… very badly! Just think! If it happens! I can leave here and not be anyone’s problem…”

“It would be nice to keep you,”

“People don’t see you – men don’t – don’t even admit your existence unless they are making love to you.”

“And you’ve got to have your existence admitted by someone if you’re going to have someone’s protection.”

“soft people have got to – shimmer and glow – put a – paper lantern over the light…”

“[The young man appears … She regards him with interest]
Young man! Young, young, young man! Has anyone ever told you that you look like a young Prince out of the Arabian Nights?”

Question 2

STELLA

Question 3

STANLEY

Question 4

MITCH

Answer 4

“STELLA: Blanche, do you want him?
BLANCHE: I want to rest! I want to breathe quietly again! Yes – I want Mitch… very badly! Just think! If it happens! I can leave here and not be anyone’s problem…”

Question 5

Eunice + Steve

Answer 5

“Stella: Eunice seems to be having some trouble with Steve.
[Eunice’s voice shouts in terrible wrath]
Eunice: I heard about you and that blonde!
Steve: That’s a damn lie
Eunice: You ain’t pulling the wool over my eyes!

Eunice: [shrieking] You hit me! I’m gonna call the police!
[A clatter of aluminum striking a wall is heard … angry roar, shouts, and overturned furniture]
Blanche: Did he kill her?