Streetcar Quotes Scene 3 Flashcards
Summary:
The Poker Night; Blanche turns the radio on and flirts with Mitch whilst the men play poker. Stanley becomes angry and physically attacks Stella - the men then pull him away. He then stumbles outside to ask Stella to come home, and she forgives him.
“men at the peak of their physical manhood” / “the men laugh”.
“Shut up” / “for God’s sake, go home, then!”
“one that’s been picked a few days”
“Please don’t get up” / “Nobody’s going to get up, so don’t be worried”.
“A chair scrapes. Stanley gives a loud whack of his hand on her thigh”.
“That’s not fun Stanley” “It makes me so mad when he does that in front of people”
“I’m sorry, but I haven’t noticed the stamp of genius even on Stanley’s forehead”
“You hens cut out the conversation in there!” / “small white radio and turns it on”
“Stanley jumps up, crossing to the radio, turns it off” / “jerks” “jumps”
“I can’t stand a naked lightbulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action”
“I’m very adaptable - to circumstances”
“like a dancing bear”
“Stanley charges after Stella”, “Drunk - drunk - animal thing you!” / “Stella cries out”
“they speak quietly and lovingly to him and he leans his face on one of their shoulders”
repetition of “Poker shouldn’t be played in a house with women”
“He breaks into sobs”, “shuddering with sobs”, “howling”, “with heaven-splitting violence”
“they come together with low, animal moans”, “he scratches the screen door open”, “her eyes go blind with tenderness”
“Thank you for being so kind! I need kindness now”
“The little there is belongs to people who have experienced some sorrow”
“Show me a person who hasn’t known any sorrow and I’ll show you a superficial”.
