streetcar - fantasy and delusion

Question 1

‘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

Question 2

‘Stella, oh, Stella, Stella! Stella for Star!’ - Blanche

Question 3

‘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!’ - Blanche

Question 4

‘Now let’s cut the re-bop!’ - Stanley

Question 5

‘After all, a woman’s charm is fifty percent illusion.’ - Blanche

Question 6

‘Oh, I guess he’s just not the type that goes for jasmine perfume, but maybe he’s what we need to mix with our blood now that we’ve lost Belle Reve.’ - Blanche

Question 7

‘The kitchen now suggests that sort of lurid nocturnal brilliance, the raw colors of childhood’s spectrum.’

Question 8

‘I can’t stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.’ - Blanche

Question 9

‘Young man! Young, young, young man! Has anyone ever told you that you look like a young Prince out of the Arabian Nights?’ - Blanche

Question 10

‘Sometimes–there’s God–so quickly!’ - Blanche

Question 11

‘It’s only a paper moon, Just as phony as it can be–But it wouldn’t be make-believe If you believed in me!’ - Blanche

Question 12

‘I don’t want realism. I want magic!’ - Blanche

Question 13

‘Tiger–tiger! Drop the bottle-top! Drop it! We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning!’ - Stanley

Question 14

‘Please don’t get up. I’m only passing through.’ - Blanche

Question 15

‘You left nothing here but spilt talcum and old empty perfume bottles–unless it’s the paper lantern you want to take with you. You want the lantern?’ - Stanley

Question 16

‘Whoever you are—I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.’ - Blanche