streetcar - femininity and dependance

Question 1

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

Question 2

‘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 3

‘Since earliest manhood the center of [Stanley’s] life has been pleasure with women, the giving and taking of it, not with weak indulgence, dependently, but with the power and pride of a richly feathered male bird among hens.’

Question 4

‘I never met a woman that didn’t know if she was good-looking or not without being told, and some of them give themselves credit for more than they’ve got.’ - Stanley

Question 5

‘Now let’s cut the re-bop!’ - Stanley

Question 6

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

Question 7

‘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 8

‘Red-hot!’ - street vendor

Question 9

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

Question 10

‘STELL-LAHHHHH!’ - Stanley

Question 11

‘There are things that happen between a man and a woman in the dark–that sort of make everything else seem–unimportant.’ - Stella

Question 12

‘What you are talking about is brutal desire–just–Desire!–the name of that rattle-trap street-car that bangs through the Quarter.’ - Blanche

Question 13

‘Don’t–don’t hang back with the brutes!’ - Blanche

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

Question 18

‘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