streetcar scene 1-3

Question 1

who arrives at Elysian Fields?
(scene 1)

Answer 1

Blanche Dubois

Question 2

What does Blanche need to tell Stella?
(scene 1)

Answer 2

Belle Reve’ has been lost

Question 3

who is Blanche?
(scene 1)

Answer 3

Stella’s sister

Question 4

How would you describe Stanley?
(scene 1)

Answer 4

Hyper masculine, Sociable, Dominant

Question 5

What is blanche portrayed as and why?
(scene 1)

Answer 5

Blanche is described as a moth because she comes across as delicate and she cant face the reality of her ageing. The comparison to a moth suggests her fate in self destruction, the same way a moth is attracted to the light leading to their own death.

Question 6

what does Stanley reveal to Blanche?
(scene 2)

Answer 6

Stella is gonna have a baby

Question 7

who is Stanley?
(scene 2)

Answer 7

Stella’s husband

Question 8

What is Stanley doing when Blanche is in the bath?
(scene 2)

Answer 8

going through her trunk of clothes

Question 9

What does Stanley find when getting the papers from Blanche?
(scene 2)

Answer 9

Stanley finds love letters belonging to Blanche from a dead boy which Blanche had hurt (her past husband)

Question 10

How does Williams convey Stanley in scene 2?

Answer 10

Stanley is conveyed as territorial throughout Scene 2 especially when he is mentioning the Napoleonic code this is him suggesting that Belle Reve should belong to him and he is taking control of the situation and he demands to know all the facts and is very blunt

Question 11

What famous artist is mentioned at the start of scene three?
(scene 3)

Answer 11

Van Gogh

Question 12

Why does Mitch want to go home?
(scene 3)

Answer 12

Because he has a sick mum that he cares for

Question 13

Which one of Stanley’s friends are single?
(scene 3)

Answer 13

Mitch

Question 14

How do Blanche and Mitch get along so well and so quickly?
(scene 3)

Answer 14

Blanch gets along with Mitch so well because Blanche instantly took an interest in Mitch when she first laid eyes on him . They both also have a shared interest in a sonnet by Mrs Browning

Question 15

How does Williams focus on masculinity?
(scene 3)

Answer 15

At the start of scene three all of the men playing poker are presented as being “at the peak of their physical manhood” I would say this is describing men when they are playing an intense game and throughout the whole game Stanley keeps getting more intense leading to him physically hurting his wife. This show how William uses Stanley to focus on masculinity throughout scene three.