Essay Quotes

Question 1

Conflict Essay Plan

Answer 1

Scene 1
- “roughly dressed in blue denim work clothes. Stanley carries his bowling jacket and a red stained package from the butcher’s.”
- “Her appearance is incongruous to this setting. She is daintily dressed in a white suit with a fluffy bodice, necklace and ear-rings of pearl, white gloves and hat… Her delicate beauty must avoid a strong light.”
Scene 7
- “Blanche is singing in the bathroom a saccharine popular ballad which is used contrapuntally with Stanley’s speech.”
- “The distant piano goes into a hectic breakdown.”
Scene 10
- “She moans. The bottle-top falls. She sinks to her knees. He picks up her inert figure and carries her to the bed. The hot trumpet and drums from the Four Deuces sound loudly.”
Scene 11
- “He crosses to the dressing table and seizes the paper lantern, tearing it off the lightbulb and extends it towards her. She cries out as if the lantern was herself.”
- “…the swelling music of the ‘blue piano’ and muted trumpet.”

Question 2

Blanche Essay Plan

Answer 2

Scene One
- “Her appearance is incongruous to this setting. She is daintily dressed in a white suit with a fluffy bodice, necklace and ear-rings of pearl, white gloves and hat… Her delicate beauty must avoid a strong light.”
- “I’ve got to keep hold of myself.”
Scene Six
- “She clasps her hands to her ears and crouches over. The headlight of the locomotive glares into the room as it thunders past.”
Scene Seven
- “Blanche is singing in the bathroom a saccharine popular ballad which is used contrapuntally with Stanley’s speech.”
- “The distant piano goes into a hectic breakdown.”
Scene Ten
- “Lurid reflections appear on the walls around Blanche. The shadows are of a grotesque and menacing form.”
Scene Eleven
- “As he speaks her name, her terror subsides a little. The lurid reflections fade from the walls, the inhuman cries and noises die out and her own hoarse crying is calmed.”

Question 3

Scene 10 Essay Plan

Answer 3

Apperance has Deteriorated
- “she has decked herself out in a somewhat soiled and crumpled white satin evening gown and a pair of scuffed silver slippers.”
Fantasy vs Reality
- “she catches her breath and slams the mirror face down with such violence that the glass cracks.”
Stanley
- “We’ve had this date with eachother from the beginning.”
Staging and Lighting
- “Lurid reflections appear on the walls around Blanche. The shadows are of a grotesque and menacing form.”

Question 4

Turning Point Essay Plan

Answer 4

Scene One
- “Her appearance is incongruous to this setting. She is daintily dressed in a white suit with a fluffy bodice, necklace and ear-rings of pearl, white gloves and hat…Her delicate beauty must avoid a strong light.”
Scene Seven
- “Blanche is singing is the bathroom a saccharine popular ballad which is used contrapuntally with Stanley’s speech.”
Scene Ten
- “She sinks to her knees. He picks up her inert figure and carries her to the bed. The hot trumpet and drums from the Four Deuces sound loudly.”
Scene Eleven
- “He crosses to the dressing table and seizes the paper lantern, tearing it off the light bulb and extends it towards her. She cries as if the lantern was herself.”