sexuality, desire and passion Flashcards
Blanche’s directions to the Kowalski’s apartment
They told me to take a street-car named Desire, and transfer to one called Cemeteries, and ride six blocks and get off at—Elysian Fields!
Blanche’s defensive attack on Stella for leaving Belle Reve
Sit there and stare at me, thinking I let the place go? I let the place go? Where were you! In bed with your–Polack!
Stage directions for opening description of Stanley
Since earliest manhood the center of [Stanley’s] life has been pleasure with women, the giving and taking of it, not with weak indulgence, dependently, but with the power and pride of a richly feathered male bird among hens.
Stanley to/about Stella
“STELL-LAHHHHH!” “my baby’s left me”
Stella’s justification for staying with Stanley
There are things that happen between a man and a woman in the dark–that sort of make everything else seem–unimportant.
Blanche’s condemnation of Stanley and Stella’s relationship
What you are talking about is brutal desire–just–Desire!–the name of that rattle-trap street-car that bangs through the Quarter.
Blanche’s worries about ageing and losing her attractiveness
When people are soft–soft people have got to shimmer and glow–they’ve got to put on soft colors, the colors of butterfly wings, and put a–paper lantern over the light…It isn’t enough to be soft. You’ve got to be soft and attractive. And I–I’m fading now!
Blanche to the Evening Star boy
Young man! Young, young, young man! Has anyone ever told you that you look like a young Prince out of the Arabian Nights?
Stanley revealing he knows about Blanche’s past
The Flamingo is used to all kinds of goings-on. But even the Flamingo was impressed by Dame Blanche!
Blanche’s witty comment about charm
After all, a woman’s charm is fifty percent illusion.
Blanche talking about her husband’s suicide
And then the searchlight which had been turned on the world was turned off again and never for one moment since has there been any light that’s stronger than this–kitchen–candle…
Stella when Stanley leaves for work
“when he’s away for a week I nearly go wild”
music when stanley and stella reunite
the low-tone clarinet moans
