characters overview

Question 1

who is the older sister out of the dubois sisters?

Answer 1

blanche dubois

Question 2

who is stella married to?

Answer 2

stanley kowalski

Question 3

how many times was blanche married?

Answer 3

one

Question 4

what does the mexican lady symbolise?

Answer 4

the death of blanches mental stability- day of the dead-

Question 5

what character does blanche often describe with animalistic tendencies?

Answer 5

stanley kowalski

Question 6

what character has to spend most of his time looking after his sick mother?

Answer 6

harold (mitch)

Question 7

who wrote streetcar names desire?

Answer 7

tennessee williams

Question 8

what time period was the play set?

Answer 8

1940

Question 9

where was the play set?

Answer 9

new orleans

Question 10

where was stanley originally from?

Answer 10

poland

Question 11

who came to take blanche away at the end of the play?

Answer 11

the nurse and the doctor

Question 12

what character emotionally progresses through the play the most?

Answer 12

mitch

Question 13

who does blanche think she is leaving with at the end of the play?

Answer 13

shep huntleigh

Question 14

why did blanche leave laurel?

Answer 14

she had a relationship with one of her younger students

Question 15

what do we learn that blanche could have possibly been?

Answer 15

a prostitute

Question 16

where did blanche meet the men she slept with?

Answer 16

hotel flamingo

Question 17

what music often plays when blanche spirals mentally?

Answer 17

polka music

Question 18

why does blanches husband kill himself?

Answer 18

the reaction that blanche had when she found out that he was gay,

Question 19

who was blanched love interest throughout the play?

Answer 19

mitch

Question 20

why does blanche make herself seem more younger than she actually is?

Answer 20

to make her seem more desirable to others.