"Under the cover of the train's noise Stanley enters from outside."
Sounds present in Elysian Fields are symbolically linked to Stanley (locomotive)
100
"O, you are well tuned now: but I'll set down the pegs that make this music, as honest as I am."
Play on the word "discord" that Othello mentions, imagery of music to show Othello and Desdemona will increasingly not be in tune with each other.
100
Through what dramatic medium does Iago let us know his plans?
Soliloquy
200
Who utters the last words in "Othello"?
Lodovico
200
"Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, is the immediate jewel of their souls."
Reputation
200
“He tears the paper lantern off the light bulb. She utters a frightened gasp.”
Truth/Reality, Stanley does the same thing later on, symbolically linked to the rape
200
"Put out the light, and then put out the light!
The candle's light; Desdemona's life
200
Why can the audience hear the sounds in Blanche's head?
Expressionist Theatre; Manifestation of her madness
300
What does Mitch try to do to Blanche at the end of scene 9?
He attempts to rape her.
300
MITCH [dropping his hands from her waist]: You're not clean enough to bring in the house with my mother.
Incomplete Masculinity
300
"The object poisons sight, let it be hid."
Marriage bed; site of death
300
"Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away richer than all his tribe"
Value of Desdemona; Objectification
300
What is the dramatic function of Steve and Eunice in the play?
Parallel to Stella and Stanley's relationship
400
What are the last words in "Streetcar" and why are they significant?
"This game is a seven-card stud." ; Life as a gamble/game of bluff, believe that you make your own luck. Change from five-card stud.
400
“I took by th’ throat the circumcised dog and smote him – thus! [he stabs himself]”
Dehumanisation, Othering
400
"Stella nods and looks quickly away. Blanche stands quite still for some moments - the silver-backed mirror in her hand and a look of sorrowful perplexity as though all human experience shows on her face."
The mirror; link to rape scene, reflection of truth/reality
400
"For daws to peck at: I am not what I am."
11 beat line; deception, inversion of God's "I am who I am"
400
What is the significance of the Mexican woman?
Blanche's madness, the theme of death
500
How does Emilia redeem herself at the end of the play?
Speaking truth to power
500
"That we can call these delicate creatures ours and not their appetites!"
Female sexuality
500
"There's magic in the web of it."
Handkerchief ; Othello's exoticism, Female chastity, Female empowerment, Male obedience
500
"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."
Reference to Blanche's past and her sleeping around with strangers to escape the reality of Allan's death; sees the doctor has a gentleman caller
500
What is the significance of the negro woman in "Streetcar"?