streetcar named desire events

Question 1

Scene 1

Answer 1

• Play opens in New Orleans
• Stan tells St that he’s going bowling
• B arrives and waits in their apartment
• St hugs B and B then expresses disgust of the lower class.
• St doesn’t know of B’s arrival
• Belle Reve has been lost

Question 2

Scene 2

Answer 2

• St talks about her pregnancy to Stan
• Napoleonic code - he has the right to know what happened to Belle Reve
• B flirts with Stan
• B gives Stan letters and business papers

Question 3

Scene 3

Answer 3

• Poker night
• M is superior to other men
• M shows B his cigarette case
• Paper lantern
• Stan, throws radio out
• Stan hits St Then begs for her forgiveness

Question 4

Scene 4

Answer 4

• B confused by St’s return to Stan
• Married couples act like this
• Shep H intro
• Stan overhears B calling him animalistic

Question 5

Scene 5

Answer 5

• B wrote letter to SH
• S and E argue upstairs
• Stan tells B he knows about hotel flamingo
• B says she wants M
• B flirts with young boy
• M gives B flowers

Question 6

Scene 6

Answer 6

• B and M spend whole night together - at amusement park
• B invites M into the house
• M told his mother about B - admires his devotion
• B is open about her past (Allan)

Question 7

Scene 7

Answer 7

• B sings it’s only a paper moon - Stan tell St B is lying
• B’s reason of sacking is revealed to St
• Stan told M previously about B’s past
• Stan bought her bus ticket to Laurel

Question 8

Scene 8

Answer 8

• B’s birthday
• B leaves a message to M
• Stan is mad at sisters, constantly calling him rude
• St feels labour

Question 9

Scene 9

Answer 9

• B sits alone and M arrives
• B tries to make a nice vibe between them
• M accuses B of avoiding light - she cries, covering her face
• Mexican woman sells flowers
• B forces M to leave

Question 10

Scene 10

Answer 10

• B was a crumpled dress - SH invites her to Caribbean cruise
• Makes up a story that M bought flowers and begged for forgiveness
• Stan wears silk pyjamas
• B smashes a bottle
• Stan carries B to the bed

Question 11

Scene 11

Answer 11

• Poker night
• St made plans to take B to mental Institute - St pretends that she’s going on holiday
• B tries to get away from the doctor - he takes her out
• Stan soothes St