Scene Seven

Question 1

SD- ‘the table is set for a birthday supper, with cake and flowers’

Answer 1

Domestic setting.
AO4- A3S2 contrast with Duchess, Antonio and Cariola.

Question 2

Blanche- ‘Say, it’s only a paper moon, Sailing over a cardboard see- but it wouldn’t be make-believe if you believed in me!”

Answer 2

AO3: 1945- Popular ballad.
Ironic- fantasy/illusion.
Bathroom as Blanche’s security/ hydrotherapy.
Juxtaposition of Blanche’s singing and the seriousness of the situation.

Question 3

Stella- “if I were a man and this creature had dared to invent such things in my presence’

Answer 3

AO4: Duchess’ threat to Bosola before death.
Gender inequalities, the polite, powerless woman retaliates.

Question 4

Stanley- Blanche as a ‘town character’

Answer 4

Performance motif, mocking Blanche

Question 5

Stanley - They told her she better move on to some fresh territory’

Answer 5

The brotherhood allegiance against Blanche.
AO4: Ferd/Card/B against Duchess

Question 6

Stanley- “Her future is mapped out for her”

Answer 6

Deliberate action, female desire results in tragedy.
Male intrusion into the female sphere.

Question 7

The piano in “hectic breakdown”