Tragedy

Question 1

Blanche after her attempt to defeat Stanley, ultimately “sinks to her knees

Answer 1

D: [kneels] Come, violent death

Question 2

Blanche: “Never inside, i didn’t lie inside my heart”

Answer 2

D: “A noble lie”

Question 3

Blanche: How strange that I should be called a destitute woman

Answer 3

D: A many hungry guests have fed upon me”

Question 4

S: worn out Mardi Gras outfit’ rented for fifty cents

Answer 4

Duchess: My Laurel is all withered

Question 5

Blanche: strange that i should be called a destitute woman?

Answer 5

Duchess: why should only I, among the other princes of the world be cas’d up like some holy relic

Question 6

Spoiled and crumpled white satin evening gown and a pair of scuffed silver slipper

Answer 6

Duchess: My Laurel is all withered

Question 7

Blanche “smashes a bottle on the table and faces him, clutching the broken top”

Answer 7

Duchess: I’ll go pray. No, i’ll go curse

Question 8

Stella: What have I done to my sister?

Answer 8

Ferdinand: whether we fall by blood or lust

Question 9

Duchess: a wretch that’s broke upon the wheel

Answer 9

Stanley: her future is mapped out for her

Question 10

Antonio: heaven fashioned us from nothing and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing”
Growing sense of nihilism = everything is pointless
Critiques everyone’s efforts in causing destruction snd death

Answer 10

Spoiled and crumpled white satin evening gown and a pair of scuffed silver slipper

Question 11

Blanche: the boy - the boy died

Answer 11

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