Scene 7 Flashcards

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> Stanley presenting case >element of melodrama
intentional antagonistic behaviour
Stanley + Blanche oscillate as villains
use of tragedy - play escalates as truth is unravelled

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Stanley and Stella duologue

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> exclamations - genuine excitement in revealing the truth

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“But now the cat’s out of the bag!

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3
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> grandstanding
extreme dedication to scheme

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“Lie number one:”

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4
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> mocks her façade of purity and femininity
degrading

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“Sister Blanche”
“Lily”

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5
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> exaggerated caricatures, >mockery
European aristocracy
elegancy laced with ridicule

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“Dame”

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> juxtaposition of atmosphere
B completely unaware of her life being dismantled beyond the door

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“peals pf laughter” “as if a child were frolicking in the tub”
“but Sister Blanche is no lily!”

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7
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> epitomises B’s emotional journey and desire for others to accept her deceptions
ironic - B’s good spirits vs S’s revelations
lyrics emphasise B’s dependency on external affirmation - survival hinges on it
juxtaposes onstage drama
dramatic tension
W’s craft - speech and song contrapuntally to create situational irony

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Saccharine Ballad Blanche sings

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> S’s victory over B’s alleged superior status

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“practickly a town ordinance passed against her!”
“that girl calls me common!”

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> euphemism for gay - outlook of 1940s America on homosexuality >society shares B’s trait of avoiding reality of surroundings

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“boy who wrote poetry”
“degenerate”

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> Stella shares B’s aversion to hard realities >foreshadows refusal to believe the rape

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“what - contemptible - lies!”

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> unbreakable fraternal bond

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“If I knew all that stuff and let my best friend get caught!”

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12
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“Williams’ outcast characters suffer at the hands of individuals who represent conventional morality because they are a threat to social orthodoxy” - Haley D.E 1999 ‘Certain Moral Values’

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Critics

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