Streetcar Quotes Flashcards
“atmosphere of ____”
“atmosphere of decay”
“____ dressed in ____ ____ work clothes”
“roughly dressed in blue denim work clothes”
“of a _____ obviously quite different from her husbands”
“her appearance is ______ to this setting”
Her ___________ must avoid a ________
“of a background obviously quite different from her husbands”
“her appearance is incongruous to this setting”
“Her delicate beauty must avoid a strong light”
What are the 5 quotes on sound
“music of the blue piano grows louder”
“Varsouviana is heard, its music rising with sinister rapidity”
“distant piano goes into a hectic breakdown”
“rapid, feverish polka tune”
“roar of an approaching locomotive”
What are the 3 quotes on hallucinations
“filled with inhuman voices, like a jungle”
“shadows and lurid reflections move sinously”
“grosteque and menacing form”
What are the 5 quotes about Blanche’s alcholism
“pours a half tumbler of whiskey…tosses it down”
“carefully replaces”
“rushes to the closet…shaking”
“He says you’ve been lapping it up all summer like a wild-cat”
“she is drinking to escape”
Blanche’s quotes on light
I can’t stand a naked light bulb
“Turn that off! I wont be looked at in this merciless glare”
“their ____ f____”
“Belle Reve finally be in your ___ ____ hands”
“for their epic fornications”
“Belle Reve finally be in your big, capable hands”
2 quotes on blanche fear
“[as if faint…her hand trembles]”
“[laughs breathlessly]”
“a little temporary ____ for one ______”
2 quotes on Blanche realism
“i don’t want realism”
“[dreamily]”
3 Quotes from Stella about Stanely
“Yes. A different species”
“drunk-drunk animal thing you”
“he was good as a lamb”
5 quotes about Stanely’s physicality/masculinity
“[hoarse bellow of laughter]”
“’[shouts]”
“[Stanely throws the door]”
“[strongly compactly built]”
“[Animal joy]”
“[his ____ of…everything that’s ___]”
“[his love of…everything that’s his]”
4 quotes of Stanely abusing Stella
[stalks into the bedroom]”
“[sound of a blow]”
“[heaven splitting violence]”
“[throws back his head like a baying hound]”
