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Streetcar named Desire Flashcards

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1
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easy: Who is Stanley?

A

Stella’s husband

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2
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easy: Where is the play set?

A

New Orleans

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3
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easy: Where do Stella and Stanley live?

A

Elysian Fields

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medium: Why is blanche insecure of her age?

A

She thinks no man will want her if shes over the age of 30

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5
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hard: How does Williams portray Stanley as being a dominant character

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He uses domestic violence towards Stella showing how agressive he is, adding on to his masculinity, his strength is also emphasized in the play by his confidence and loud actions.

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6
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easy: what is in blanches box in her suitcase?

A

love letters

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easy:why doesnt stella want stanley to mention the baby to blanche?

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she wants to tell her when shes in a better position

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8
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easy: where is blanche from?

A

Mississippi

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medium: who are blanches love letters from?

A

her dead husband

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hard: Why does Stanley not compliment women on their looks?

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he claims he has “never met a women that didnt know if she was good looking or not” and that “some of them give themselves credit for more than theyve got”

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easy: what are Blanches main characteristics?

A

flirtatious, gullible and easily flattered

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easy: what are Stanleys main characteristics?

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masculine, dominant and confident

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easy: who is Mitch?

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Stanleys friend and work mate from the factory

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medium: why does Blanche like Mitch?

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she knew they were both in need of companionship and thought of mitch as her hero

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hard: how does Williams use music throughout the play?

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it is used by him to foreshadow events later on in the play and to represent the characters and their social class

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easy: what does Blanche think of Stanley?

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she thinks he “acts like an animal”

17
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easy: who is Blanche’s heroic figure?

A

Mitch

18
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easy: what kind of city is new orleans?

A

an accepting, diverse and welcoming place

19
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medium: what are Stella’s main characteristics?

A

empathetic, forgiving, manipulated easily

20
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hard: to what extent does william’s portrayal of Blanche make you sympathise with her?

A

williams shows sympathy towards Blanche in her most dramatic victimization in the play, when she was raped by Stanley

21
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easy: what is the name of blanches dead husband?

A

Allan Gray

22
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easy: why does mitch end up not liking blanche?

A

he finds out about her past

23
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easy: where is stanley from?

A

poland

24
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medium: what happened in Blanches past?

A

her family fortune and estate are gone, and she lost her husband to suicide years earlier

25
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hard: how does stanley treat stella?

A

in the beginning stanley appears to be a nice guy, however he soon becomes the villain when he shows his abusive nature towards Stella

26
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easy: what happened to Blanches husband Allan Gray?

A

he commited suicide

27
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easy: how old is blanche?

A

around 30

28
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easy: where did Blanche meet mitch?

A

during one of stanleys poker games

29
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meduim: what are mitch’s characteristics?

A

shy, clumsy, slow thinking

30
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hard: how does williams show Blanche to be flirty throughout the play?

A

She fishes for compliments often, she also flirts with Stanley and asks him to button her dress when she tries to win him over

31
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easy: what is new orleans?

A

where the play was set

32
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easy: what was happening to stella in scene 10?

A

she was having a baby

33
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easy: who is Eunice?

A

stanley and stella’s upstairs neighbour

34
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medium: why does mitch get angry at blanche?

A

he finds out about her past

35
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hard: how does Stanley think of Blanche throughout the play?

A

Stanley has a hatred to towards Blanche because he sees her as untrustworthy

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