18th November
A streetcar Named Desire
‘Locomotive’ – pressure, rising danger, first used during her flashback to Allan.
- Symbol of modernity and progress, Blanche is still in the port – also phallic symbolism.
The end of scene ten mirrors Stanley’s & Blanche’s first encounter, they are alone together.
The assault takes place off stage – doesn’t know what goes on behind closed doors.
Scene Eleven:
Scene eleven occurs ‘some weeks later’ – do not know what has happened, more things could’ve
happened to Blanche.
Steve ends the play ‘the game is seven card stud’ – linked with deception and luck
- Gone back to normal very quickly, do not care that Blanche has gone.
Motifs of colour/water
- ‘Cool yellow silk’
- ‘Eating an unwashed grape’
- ‘seahorse’
- ‘I’m green with envy’
- ‘it’s lilac coloured’
- ‘It’s Della Robbia blue’ – virgin Mary
Scene Ten:
Staging & props
During blanches fantasising, she slams down her mirror with such violence, it cracks – image of her
doesn’t conform to the image of her in her head.
- Breaking a mirror brings 7 years of bad luck – bad luck of her being sent to a mental
institution.
Speech on page 93, shows blanches stage of anagnorisis (realisation) ‘physical beauty is pausing’
‘Deliberate cruelly’ – she showed the same cruelty towards Allan
Power shift on page 94 – S takes authority
‘Queen of the nile’ – class war, Marxist reading
She is clearly a fictional construct, Stanley knows that – almost humorous
‘Like cries in the jungle’ – chaotic scene, pathetic fallacy
Stanley is very intimidating by staring at blanche for a count of 10
A streetcar Named Desire
‘Locomotive’ – pressure, rising danger, first used during her flashback to Allan.
- Symbol of modernity and progress, Blanche is still in the port – also phallic symbolism.
The end of scene ten mirrors Stanley’s & Blanche’s first encounter, they are alone together.
The assault takes place off stage – doesn’t know what goes on behind closed doors.
Scene Eleven:
Scene eleven occurs ‘some weeks later’ – do not know what has happened, more things could’ve
happened to Blanche.
Steve ends the play ‘the game is seven card stud’ – linked with deception and luck
- Gone back to normal very quickly, do not care that Blanche has gone.
Motifs of colour/water
- ‘Cool yellow silk’
- ‘Eating an unwashed grape’
- ‘seahorse’
- ‘I’m green with envy’
- ‘it’s lilac coloured’
- ‘It’s Della Robbia blue’ – virgin Mary
Scene Ten:
Staging & props
During blanches fantasising, she slams down her mirror with such violence, it cracks – image of her
doesn’t conform to the image of her in her head.
- Breaking a mirror brings 7 years of bad luck – bad luck of her being sent to a mental
institution.
Speech on page 93, shows blanches stage of anagnorisis (realisation) ‘physical beauty is pausing’
‘Deliberate cruelly’ – she showed the same cruelty towards Allan
Power shift on page 94 – S takes authority
‘Queen of the nile’ – class war, Marxist reading
She is clearly a fictional construct, Stanley knows that – almost humorous
‘Like cries in the jungle’ – chaotic scene, pathetic fallacy
Stanley is very intimidating by staring at blanche for a count of 10
