Streetcar Named Desire Quotes and Critics Flashcards
Duerre
(Blanche) “attempts to maintain her past luxurious life by holding onto and creating new desires rather than adjusting to her reality.”
Mary Corrigan
“The external events of the play, while actually occurring, serve as a metaphor for Blanche’s internal conflict”
Tennessee Williams
- “One major theme of my work is the destructive power of society on the sensitive non-conformist individual.”
- “I guess my work has always been a kind of psychotherapy to me.”
Shirley Galloway
“Blanche is both a victim and a villain.”
Nicola Onyett
“The brutal culture clash between the blue-collar worker and the aristocratic intellectual is located in their struggle over Stella.”
‘Mrs…’
‘Mrs Stanley Kowalski’
Paul Williams
‘Stanley succeeds in shattering Blanche’s veneer’.
‘fluffy bodice…’
‘fluffy bodice, necklace and earrings of pearl, white gloves and hat’
‘Blinding light…’
‘Blinding light on something that had always been half in shadow’
‘He tears…’
‘He tears the paper lantern off the light bulb’
‘I couldn’t…’
‘I couldn’t believe her story and go on living with Stanley’
‘What have…’
‘What have I done to my sister?’
‘Come to think of it…’
‘Come to think of it- maybe you wouldn’t be bad to- interfere with’
‘You’re not clean…’
‘You’re not clean enough to bring in a house with my mother’
‘So you want some…’
‘So you want some rough-house! Alright let’s have some rough-house!’
‘Them kind of words…!’
‘Them kind of words have been on your tongue and your sister’s too much around here!’
‘He acts like an…’
‘He acts like an animal, has an animal’s habits! Eats like one, moves like one, talks like one! There’s even something sub-human’
‘I have always…’
‘I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.’
‘I don’t want…’
‘I don’t want realism. I want magic!’
‘Don’t ever believe it…’
‘Don’t ever believe it. Life has got to go on. No matter what happens, you’ve got to keep on going’
