Scene Ten Flashcards

1
Q

What is Blanche wearing which juxtaposes her pristine outfit at the beginnings and shows her facade is slipping

A

“Crumpled white satin evening gown” “scuffed silver slippers”

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2
Q

Phalic imagery of beer bottle, foreshadows rape

A

the bottle cap pops off and a geyser of foam shoots up

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3
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Shadows forming when Stanley exposes all of lies, darkness used to be safe now its scary- nowhere to hide

A

the shadows are of a grotesque and menacing form

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4
Q

animal voices heard in background link to Stanley

A

inhuman jungle voices

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5
Q

What Stanley calls blanch when she’s gonna smash the bottle on him. Shows she is a predator, mirrors him, and the jungle voices

A

“Tiger- tiger”

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6
Q

What Stanley says to Blanche which suggests this was inevitable, either from both their promiscuity or because she got in the way of him and Stella

A

“We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning”

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7
Q

Stage directions of Stanley taking Blanche to the bed, shows he is in compel control and that she has given up and resigned to her fate

A

he picks up her inert figure and carries her to the bed

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8
Q

What happens

A

Blanche all drunk and crazy, Stanley comes back from hospital, Stanley confronts all of blanche’s lies, rape

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