A streetcar named desire Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
Q
‘Williams has repeatedly claimed I am Blanche Dubois and related to her hysteria.’ Who said this?
A
Pagan
2
Q
What did Spector say about Blanche?
A
‘A delicate women driven insane by a brutish environment’
3
Q
‘Blanche as a threat to Stanley’s masculinity’ Who said this?
A
Kazan
4
Q
What would a feminist reading say about Blanche and Stella?
A
‘Blanche and Stella represent ‘old’ and ‘new’ modes of womanhood’
5
Q
‘Streetcar as Marxist irony’
A
Marxist view
6
Q
What would a psychoanalytic view say?
A
‘Blanche’s behaviour is steeped in a traumatic past’
