Literary Terms
Characters
Plot
symbols
conflict
100
Saying one thing and meaning the opposite (sarcasm) ex: "Gosh! I thought it was Tiffany diamonds!"
What is Verbal Irony
100
Wife of Stanley, sister of Blanche; moved from Laurel to New Orleans.
Who is Stella
100
The setting of A Streetcar Named Desire is
What is New Orleans , (1940s)
100
Blanche does this to wash away her past mistakes; especially involving men.
What is Bathing (take baths)
100
Blanche's conflict with her self esteem; between how she wants to be and how she actually is, would be which of the four common conflicts in literature
What is Man vs. Self
200
A concrete object represents an abstract idea. Example: the raw meat Stanley heaves Stella represents his sexuality.
What is symbolism
200
Took a Streetcar Named Desire, transferred to Cemeteries, and got off at Elysian Fields to visit Sister Blanche.
Who is Blanche
200
The young man collecting for "The Evening Star" unexpectedly gets this from Blanche
What is a kiss
200
For Stella, this could symbolize a new beginning and her deepening bond with Stanley
What is Pregnancy
200
Blanche's conflict between the proper way she was raised, and her reputation as having improper and immoral relationships with men, causing her to be run out of Laurel would be , which of the four conflicts?
What is Man vs. society
300
The author's message to the reader; a lesson about life such as "Fantasy cannot overcome reality".
What is theme
300
Believes in the Napoleonic Code
Who is Stanley
300
The real reason that Blanche is in New Orleans is because
What is she has no money; lost job and family plantation
300
This symbolizes reality and truth in the play. Blanche avoids this because she does not want to reveal her true age
What is light
300
The strongest examples of a Man vs. Man conflict in the play would be Blanche v.
Who is Stanley
400
The way a an author reveals a character's traits by describing how a character Feels, Looks, Acts, Thinks, what a Character says, and what others say about him/her.
What is Characterization
400
This character says that Blanche is not clean enough to meet his mother.
Who is Mitch
400
In Scene Ten, Blanche and Stanley are alone in the apartment because
What is Blanche is in the hospital having a baby
400
This symbol helps Blanche escape into her fantasy world. She lies about using it. Stanley comments that some people say they don't touch this, but it touches them.!
What is alcohol
400
The problem or conflict throughout the plot of the play, from the exposition, when Blanche arrives in New Orleans and is shocked by Stella's shabby apartment and run down neighborhood, through her conflicts with Stanley, she attributes to difference in social class, is
What is Man vs. Society
500
Man vs. Self Man vs. man Man vs. society Man vs. nature
What are the four main conflicts in literature?
500
Who said this? I don't want realism. I want magic!
is Blanche
500
The climax of the play occurs when
What is in Scene 10, when Blanche lunges at Stanley with a broken bottle; Stanley picks up Blanche and carries her to his bed
500
Blanche hears The Varsouviana Polka in her mind at certain times. This Polka symbolizes
What is the night her young husband shot himself.
500
Mitch's conflict between his desire to spend time with Stanley and the poker players, and his desire to appear like a gentleman to Blanche, would be a conflict of Man v.
What is self. Man vs. self
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