Street car Flashcards

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Blanche

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feminine, stands out, wealthy, vulnerable, southern belle

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Stella

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1940s housewife, product of patriarchal society

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Stanley

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breadwinner, alpha, dominant

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Mitch

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Eunice

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Allan Gray

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He left Blanche with the desire of being desired by men. Since his death she felt the need to be loved.

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Elysian fields

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-final resting place of heroes, suggest those living there are the best of the best

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Belle reve

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Williams constructs Belle Reve as wholly symbolic of Blanche’s illusory existence. The old plantation’s name, Belle Reve, is a French name that literally translates into ‘beautiful dream’ suggesting and symbolic of her past and her desire for the future as a beautiful fantasy.

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light motif

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blanche hiding the truth

light reveals her secrets

blanche = moth, attracted to light and danger

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plastic theatre

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Tennese, play should be a theatrical experience
uses music to do this

varsouviana
-used to convey blanches story of her husband, ends in gunshot, disturbs blanche

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tennesse williams

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sister suffered mental illness, he let her undergo treatment that left her with negative repercussions, blames himself

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scene 1

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blanches arrival

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scene 2

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baby, Napoleonic code, learn about blanches past love, papers

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scene 3

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poker night, conflict

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scene 4

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blanche can’t understand why stella forgave stanley, stanley hears conversation

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scene 5

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coke spills on blanches white skirt, no stain
Blanche kisses young boy

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scene 6

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mitch and blanche

blanche opens up about allan

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scene 7

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stanley exposing blanche to stella

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scene 8

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mitch stands blanche up due to stanley

stanley gives blanche a ticket back to laurel

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scene 9

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mitch tells blanche it’s over

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scene 10

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stanley rapes blanche

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scene 11

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stella couldn’t believe blanches story

stella calls doctor to take blanche away

stella regrets - glimpse of williams?

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context

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1940s
set in the aftermath of World War II, a time when America was experiencing significant social and economic changes. The war had brought about shifts in gender roles, racial dynamics, and societal norms

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old vs new south

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old = blanche
-southern belle reflects traditional gender roles
-ideals of femininity

new = stanley
-industrialised
-urban
-wc - social realism
-assertive