Wider Reading

Question 1

‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ (1951) by Elia Kazan

Answer 1

Essentially same plot
Main difference- Stella vows to leave Stanley and runs with Bobby to Eunice, whether this will last or not is unclear

Question 2

‘National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire’ (2014) by Benedict Andrews

Answer 2

Accurate adaptation of original play
Use of open, unchanging stage
Characters never leave stage
Sense of no privacy

Question 3

Bible, Matthew 15:14

Answer 3

“And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into a ditch” - Jesus
Blanche - “the blind are - leading the blind!”
Ultimate tragedy

Question 4

‘The Scarlett Letter’ (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Answer 4

Woman outcast by narrow minded society for acting upon desires and sexuality

Question 5

Edgar Allan Poe

Answer 5

American poet
Central figure of Romanticism
Mentioned by Blanche

Question 6

‘The Glass Menagerie’ (1944) by Tennessee Williams

Answer 6

Strong autobiographical elements
Themes of illusions and fragile mental stability
Mundane problems

Question 7

‘From the land of the sky blue waters’ (1909) by Charles Wakefield Cadman

Answer 7

Song
Mermaid taken captive by sailors
Blanche sings this in bath scene 2