Blanche
Blanche's family background could be described as
Upper class or well-to-do...Old Southern money
"...I've got to be good...and keep my hands off children."
Who is Blanche?
Meat
Symbolizes Stanley and Stella's relationship and the toxic way he treats her
How is he related to Blanche?
It is Stella's sister, therefore his sister-in-law
Play is set in? When?
New Orleans / 1940s
Blanche's zodiac sign
Virgo...irony of course
"I'm afraid I'll strike you as the unrefined type."
Who is Stanley?
Blanche/the night her husband killed himself
Stanley's background would be described as
Blue collar/lower class...veteran from WWII
Williams puts himself in all his plays...who is he in this one?
Allen Grey..." the Grey boy"
Blanche's first husband was a...
closeted homosexual/having an affair with an older man
"Flores para los muertos..." ("Flowers for the dead...")
Who is the Mexican Woman
The Blue Piano
Everyone/the spirit of the play
Stanley and Blanche's relationship would be called
Opposites...protagonist/antagonist...dominant/submissive
Blanche goes off with Shep at the end of the play...true or false.
FALSE
Blanche bathes to
wash off the past/clean herself of her previous life
"Why don't someone go down to the Chinaman and get a load of chop suey”
Who is Pablo
Chinese paper lantern
Blanche/Blanche's desire to cover up the harsh reality of her life
Stanley and Stella's relationship is...
dysfunctional, toxic sexual/physical co-dependent
Blanche's first impression of Mitch is that he's...(two character traits)
Loving/sensitive
Blanche chosen profession
A high school English teacher
“So you're in the teaching profession.”
Mitch
Light and darkness (colored lights too!)
Stanley represents the harsh reality of "light," and Blanche uses the "darkness" to hide from the light, representing her deception.
The colored lights represent Stanley and Stella's physical relationship
Stanley maintains control in his house by...
force and finance.
Provide at least two examples of how Stanley is Blanche's "executioner".
1) He rapes her 2) He turns Stella away from Blanche 3) He tells Mitch the truth about her