Stanley Flashcards
scene 1
1) ‘heaves red stained package’
2) ‘A master Seargent’ - hypnotized by graciousness and superiority
3) ‘the power and pride of a richly feathered male bird’
‘heaves red stained package’
- meat = emblem of relationship, ‘heaves’ = forceful bellicose sexual nature
‘A master Seargent’
- hypnotized by graciousness and superiority
‘the power and pride of a richly feathered male bird’
- dominance and arrogance, unexplainable intent to harm
scene 2
1) ‘Leaving the door open blue piano’ -
2) ‘Napoleonic code’
3) ‘The kowalskis and the Dubois ‘ - separating divide
4) ‘yeah’ ‘how’ ‘so’ - monosyllabic, animalistic
‘Leaving the door open blue piano’
allowing authenticity of New Orleans into home, Blanche has invaded
‘Napoleonic code’
- degrading, any opportunity to seem superior
- up until scene III audience only presented with one exceptionally obnoxious character - Blanche because of her overt anachronism
- by having Stanley refer to old fashioned = relates them
‘The kowalskis and the Dubois ‘
separating divide
‘yeah’ ‘how’ ‘so’
monosyllabic, animalistic
scene 3
‘STELLAHHHH’ - wounded beast calling for return of its mate - Dionysian disruption ‘humbly’ - ‘heaven splitting violence’ - rapid change acts on
STELLAHHHH’
- wounded beast calling for return of its mate
- Dionysian disruption ‘humbly’ - ‘heaven splitting violence’
- rapid change acts on instinct
- link to ‘gaudy’ all his senses represent animal
scene 4
1) ‘Gaudy pyjamas’
‘Gaudy pyjamas’
links to ‘strong bold colours’ - unapologetically loud and obnoxious
scene 8
1) ‘Stanley tell us a joke’
2) ‘parrot stories’
3) ‘he hurls a plate, cups and saucers’
5) ‘ Huey Long’
6) ‘I am not a polack’
7) ‘ I pulled you down off them columns- hero - reflection of passionate chemistry- ironic judges Blanche for relying on past but he
‘Stanley tell us a joke’
- views him as the clown
parrot stories
- reduces him from ‘cockerel’ to domesticated bird, presence has threatened his position
‘he hurls a plate, cups and saucers’
- typically associate domestic items with women, lack of respect for women
’ Huey Long’
- governor of Louisiana, trying to push away uneducated polack
’ I pulled you down off them columns
- hero
- reflection of passionate chemistry
- ironic judges Blanche for relying on past but he is
scene 9
1) ‘hunting for some protection’
hunting for some protection’
- difference in men and women = Stanley hunts for sex and passion
scene 10
1) ‘lurid reflections appear on the walls around Blanche’
2) ‘brilliant silk pyjamas’
3) ‘grinning’ ‘soft
‘lurid reflections appear on the walls around Blanche’
- mimic wide array of Blanche’s fantasies
- on the ‘wall’ everyone can see
- Stanley exposed this= huey long - male dominance
‘brilliant silk pyjamas’
- associate pure wondrous event of wedding with rape
‘grinning’ ‘soft’
other stage directions = aggressive, when he’s calm is when he can assert dominance over women
‘polack’
‘a chinese philosophy she’s- cultivated’
HYPHEN
asks Blanche and Stella ‘what they think they are’ links to ‘hens’ grouping altogether
replies with a ‘a pair of queens’ - hypophora - immediately answers so that no one can rebute him
link to ‘every man is king’ - women = always grouped but man is individualised
