Street car

Question 1

Blanche

Answer 1

feminine, stands out, wealthy, vulnerable, southern belle

Question 2

Stella

Answer 2

1940s housewife, product of patriarchal society

Question 3

Stanley

Answer 3

breadwinner, alpha, dominant

Question 4

Mitch

Question 5

Eunice

Question 6

Allan Gray

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Elysian fields

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Belle reve

Answer 8

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.

Question 9

light motif

Answer 9

blanche hiding the truth

light reveals her secrets

blanche = moth, attracted to light and danger

Question 10

plastic theatre

Answer 10

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

Question 11

tennesse williams

Answer 11

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

Question 12

scene 1

Answer 12

blanches arrival

Question 13

scene 2

Answer 13

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

Question 14

scene 3

Answer 14

poker night, conflict

Question 15

scene 4

Answer 15

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

Question 16

scene 5

Answer 16

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

Question 17

scene 6

Answer 17

mitch and blanche

blanche opens up about allan

Question 18

scene 7

Answer 18

stanley exposing blanche to stella

Question 19

scene 8

Answer 19

mitch stands blanche up due to stanley

stanley gives blanche a ticket back to laurel

Question 20

scene 9

Answer 20

mitch tells blanche it’s over

Question 21

scene 10

Answer 21

stanley rapes blanche

Question 22

scene 11

Answer 22

stella couldn’t believe blanches story

stella calls doctor to take blanche away

stella regrets - glimpse of williams?

Question 23

context

Answer 23

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

Question 24

old vs new south

Answer 24

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

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