Scene Two Flashcards
“In the state of Louisiana we have the Napoleonic code according to which what belongs…….
………to the wife belongs to the husband and vice versa. For instance, if I had a piece of property - “
Stella: “My head is…..
……..swimming.” - suggests she is a bit ditsy and unintelligent.
“It looks to me like you have been swindled, baby, and when you’re……
…….swindled under the Napoleonic code I’m swindled too. And I don’t like to be swindled.”
“And I don’t like to be……
…….swindled.”
Stage Directions - [He stalks into the bedroom, and……
……..she follows him.] - animalistic description of Stanley in that he “stalks.”
“Open your eyes to this stuff! You think she got them out of…..
…….a teacher’s pay?”
“I got an acquaintance who deals in this sort of…….
……..merchandise. I’ll have him here to appraise it.”
“And what have we here? The treasure chest of a……
…….pirate!”
“Are you kidding? I have an acquaintance that works in a…..
……jewellery store.”
“The Kowalski’s and the DuBois have……
……..different notions.”
Stella: “You come out with me while Blanche is getting dressed.”
Stanley: “Since when do you…….
……..give me orders?”
“Some men are took in by all this Hollywood glamour stuff and…….
…….some men are not.”
“Now let’s cut the……
………re-bop!”
“If I didn’t know that you was my wife’s sister…….
…….I’d get ideas about you!”
“What’s in the back of that…….
……..little boy’s mind of yours.”
