Stella Flashcards
Growing up with Blanche
“You never did give me a chance to say much, Blanche. So I just got in the habit of being quiet around you.”
Stella protecting Blanche
“I’m going to try to keep Blanche out till the party breaks up because I don’t know how she would take it.”
Stella criticising Stanley invading Blanche’s privacy
“You have no idea how stupid and horrid you’re being! Now close that trunk before she comes out of the bathroom!”
Stella and dominance
“This is my house and I’ll talk as much as I want to!”
Stella’s reaction to Stanley throwing the radio out of the window
“Drunk—drunk—animal thing, you!”
Stella excusing Stanley’s abuse
“He didn’t know what he was doing . . . He was as good as a lamb when I came back and he’s really very, very ashamed of himself.”
Stella defending her life
“You take it for granted that I am in something that I want to get out of.”
Stella and sexuality
“But there are things that happen between a man and a woman in the dark—that sort of make everything else seem—unimportant.”
Stella’s final words
“What have I done to my sister? Oh, God, what have I done to my sister?”
Stella on Stanley’s class
‘A different species’
