Streetcar - Siblings Flashcards
How does Stella act when she sees Blanche
‘Calling out joyfully’
How does Blanche act when she sees Stella
‘Springs up and runs to her with a wild cry’
Blanche dominating over Stella (little sister big sister)
+ stage direction when B tells S to stand up
‘You messy child’
Blanche tells her to stand up and Stella ‘complies reluctantly’
‘My precious little sister’
Blanche mocking Stella’s home and Stella’s reaction
‘two rooms’
Two is in italics
Stella - ‘she is embarrassed’
Blanche comparing her weight and Stella’s and then Stella reacting
Stella has to ‘watch the hips a little’ whilst Blanche says ‘I haven’t put on an ounce in ten years’
Stella describes Blanche as ‘incredible’ but she does it ‘wearily’
Sibling relationship is ✨uncomfy✨ quotes
‘An embarrassed silence’
‘Laugh uncomfortably’
Blanche accusing Stella of abandoning Belle Rêve
‘You left…’
‘Abandoned’
‘I fought..’
‘You left! I stayed and struggled.’
You ‘abandoned’ it, ‘Not I’
‘Fought for it, bled for it, almost died for it’ - rule of three, hyperbolic
Stella defending Blanche
When Stanley accuses Blanche of ‘swindling’ them Stella calls him an ‘idiot’.
Backs Blanche up - they are her ‘inexpensive summer furs’
Context - typically would take side of your husband
‘Stupid and horrible’
Quote about Blanche realising Stella has had baby
‘Dreamily’
Blanche briefly comparing Stella’s ‘perfect’ family vs her own life
Stella and Blanche reaction to Stella pregnancy
‘Embrace’
‘Convulsive sob’
Blanche making Stella feel insecure
“I was flirting with your husband Stella”
Blanche description the morning after Stella returned to Stanley after he beat her
‘Sleepless night’
‘Appearance entirely contrasts to Stella’s’
‘Presses her knuckles nervously to her lips’
When she sees Stella
‘’Utters a moaning cry’
‘Hysterical tenderness’
Blanche caring about Stella
When she sees Stella
‘’Utters a moaning cry’
‘Hysterical tenderness’
Sibling tension when Blanche confronts Stella about returning to Stanley after he beat her
Monosyllabic quotes (both - back and forth)
‘No’
‘Stop it’
‘I,I’
‘Are you?’
Stella reaction to when Blanche starts beefing about Stanley
‘Go on and say it all Blanche’
‘Coldly’ stage direction
How does Stella act with Stanley in front of Blanche after Blanche has beefed about him
‘Embraced him’
‘Fiercely’
‘Within full view of Blanche’
Stella encouraging Blanche that She will get Mitch
‘Kissing Blanche impulsively’
‘It will happen’
Stella and Blanche Interaction when Stanley takes the phone call that Blanche thought might be from Mitch
‘Frightened look’
‘Stella leans over and touches her shoulder’
‘Keep your hands off me Stella’ - why do you give me that ‘pitying look’
Where did Stella tell Blanche she was going?
‘To rest in the country’
Stella questioning if sending Blanche a mental institution is the right thing quote
‘I don’t know if I did the right thing’
Modern audience reaction to Stella siding with Stanley about rape
Shocked
Presented as a traitor to Blanche
How does Stella talk to Blanche in the last scene?
Role reversal
Stella now talking to Blanche as though Blanche is the child ‘Hush! Hush!’
Stage direction of Stella (fist) when matron enter
‘Presses her fist to her lips’
Same action as Blanche who ‘presses her knuckles to her lips’
Reminds us of their similarities and sibling relationship
Stella broken syntax to Blanche in last scene
‘Sit down and…’
Ellipsis
Broken syntax reflecting broken sisterly relationship
Stella reacting to Blanche being taken away at end of play (her regret)
‘What have I done?’
‘Oh god’
‘What have I done?’
‘Cries out’
‘Blanche! Blanche, Blanche’ - product of the patriarchy; if she had sided with Blanche her world would have come crumbling as well
Prayer desperation
Repetition of what have I done
Moment of anagnorisis
Stella once Blanche has gone quote
Sob
Luxurious
‘Sobs with inhumane abandon’
And yet there is ‘something luxurious’ in the ‘complete surrender to crying’ - relief
