Streetcar Quotes Scene 8 Flashcards
Summary:
During Blanche’s birthday dinner, Stanley lashes out at her and Stella - then gives Blanche a bus ticket back to Laurel. Stella gets angry about this, but starts to go into labour, so Stanley takes her to a hospital.
“remember what Huey Long said - ‘Every Man is a King!” / “And I am the king around here”.
“He hurls a plate to the floor”
“pig - polack - disgusting - vulgar - greasy!” - Stanley
“Mr Kowalski is too busy making a pig of himself to think of anything else!”
“a still-golden dusk”
“the three people are completing a dismal birthday dinner”
“he grunts and turns away from her”
“But what I am is a one hundred percent American, born and raised in the greatest country on earth and proud as hell of it”
“You needn’t have been so cruel to someone alone as she is” / “But people like you abused her, and forced her to change”
“girl” - Blanche referred to by Stella as one.
“he is with her now, supporting her with his arm, murmuring indistinguishably as they go outside”
“El pan de mais” repetition, “el pan de mais sin sal”
“Well - age is a subject that you’d prefer to - ignore!”
“lost, frightened look”
“it’s gonna be all right after she goes and after you’ve had the baby”
