corruption in the world of the play

Question 1

what quote shows racism in the world of the old south (streetcar)

Answer 1

-polacks
-couldn’t be e get a colored girl to do it
-they’re something like irish aren’t they…only not so highbrow

Question 2

what quote shows upper class snobbery from blanche

Answer 2

-he’s common
-what are you doing in a place like this
-i’m compiling a notebook of quaint little words and phrases i’ve picked up here

Question 3

what quote shows how stanley married above his class and drags stella down (in comparison to antonio who is raised by the duchess)

Answer 3

you thought i was common. how right you was baby i was common as dirt… i pulled you down off them columns

Question 4

what quote shows the corruption of court leaders in malfi

Answer 4

court is like a common fountain…poison’t near the head death and diseases through the whole land spread

Question 5

what would english renaissance audience think based on stereotypes

Answer 5

that the roman catholic italian setting was associated with stereotypes of “sophisticated corruption”

Question 6

what does micheal billington say about the corruption

Answer 6

a portrait of a world in chaos

Question 7

what quotes show the machiavellian world where immoral people succeed

Answer 7

plum trees that grow crooked over standing pools
crows pies and caterpillars feed on them

Question 8

what quote shows stella’s willingness to turn a blind eye to stanley’s behaviour

Answer 8

[her eyes go blind with tenderness]
- shows social acceptance of a misogynistic world

Question 9

what quote shows mitches assertion of power over blanche

Answer 9

[fumbling to embrace her] what i been missing all summer
-possessive nature and entitlement

Question 10

what does one critic say about the threat of masculinity in streetcar

Answer 10

the powerfully frightening threat of masculinity

Question 11

what quote shows stanley’s eagerness to feel power and control over blanche

Answer 11

yes! i hope you like it!… ticket back to laurel! on the greyhound! tuesday!
-eagerness to hurt blanche and feel control

Question 12

what quote shows boslas giving in to ferdinand a corruption

Answer 12

i am your creature
-dehumanises himself for male validation (could link to leaky roof speech (ask me how))

Question 13

what quote shows the corrupt nature of mes control over women in jacobean period

Answer 13

she’s a young widow i would not have her marry again
-feels he controls her since he is male she is female

Question 14

what does the young widow not have her mary again quote link to

Answer 14

contrasts scene six in SND “you need somebody and i need somebody too could it be you and me blanche”
-mitch finds out she’s a widow but doesn’t care contrasting views from 1940s vs jacobean

Question 15

what quote shows how bosola deals with the threat of a powerful women

Answer 15

i do suspect there hath been some sorcery used on the duchess
-blames her power and control on witchcraft

Question 16

what does the quote ‘have you ever heard of the napoleonic code’ show

Answer 16

represents societal norms of male superiority and cultural misogyny
(it’s a code that’s a by product of french colonisation that gave the man control over all his wife’s assets)

Question 17

what themes does stanley as a new american man show

Answer 17

sexual dominion and violence as their means to express their anxieties over power and their place in the hierarchy

Question 18

a quote showing stanley asserting his position of authority through casual female abuse

Answer 18

loud whack of his hand against her thigh

Question 19

points talking about stanley’s abuse of power

Answer 19

-physically stronger than stella and also is the provider so she has little option other than to stay with him
-uses his power to cause physical harm against stella and also blanche

Question 20

what does the quote ‘the men laugh’ show

Answer 20

men find amusement in violence against women
they are the ones with the power to stop stanley but instead they encourage this behaviour

Question 21

what quote shows male abuse of power urged by incestual thoughts

Answer 21

compare a wedding night to “the entrance into some prison” trying to control their sisters sexual desires in addition to portraying sex as criminal