Characters
Lives in New Orleans with her husband and grew up on a plantation home with her older sister
Who is Stella Kowalski?
What city is the story set in?
What is New Orleans, Louisiana?
What point of view is the story told through?
What is third person omniscient?
Where was Williams born?
What is Columbus, Mississippi?
Protagonist of the story, goes to New Orleans to stay with her sister and brother-in-law
Who is Blanche DuBois?
What time period is the story set in?
What is 1940s/post World War II?
What is the genre of the play?
What is tragic drama?
What is Williams given name?
What is Thomas Lanier Williams III?
Antagonist of the story, has suspicions of his wife's sister
Who is Stanley Kowalski?
Building around the corner from the apartment where Stanley spends a lot of his time?
What is the Bowling Alley?
What theme of gender roles is explored in the play?
What is Dependence on Men?
Who did Williams model his characters after?
What is his own family?
Friend of Stanley, lives with his mother and takes an interest in Blanche
Who is Mitch?
What kind of people live in this neighborhood in New Orleans?
What is working class?
What do the constant baths Blanche takes represent?
What is washing herself clean of the past?
How old was Williams when he died?
What is seventy one years old?
Landlady of the apartment and upstairs neighbor of the Kowalski's
Who is Eunice?
Named after a famous place in Greek Mythology, the street that the Kowlaski's live on
What is Elysian Fields?
What is the connection to Blanche and Polka music?
What is her husband's death and regret?
What script won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and launched Williams career?
What is The Glass Menagerie?