Scene 2 Flashcards
‘Sister Blanche cannot be annoyed with business details right now !
‘Now lets have a gander at the bill of sale’
Business mentality, profit making. Shows the cultural mental reform of the working class, the pursuit of money. The American Dream
‘Where are your white fox pieces?/ ‘where are your pearls and gold bracelets’
Shows the division of wealth/ in way its to antagonise Stella
‘Since when did you give me orders?’
The influence clash of Blanche and Stanley is apparent in the behaviours of Stella
(Blanche comes out of the bathroom in a red stain robe’)
Red symbolises sexual nature, temptation of lust
‘Hello Stanley, Here I am, all freshly bathed and scented and feeling like a brand new person’
Blanche is presenting herself for Stanley, sexual allure between the two of them. Feminine idealistic
‘Some buttons in back!’
Stanley helping Blanche with her clothes, sexual attraction
‘I was fishing for a compliment, Stanley’
Physical appearance is her idol
‘Now lets cut the re-bop’
Colloquial language- realism approach, back to reality. Not here to entertain the delusion any further
‘Now that you have touched them, i have to burn them’
Very discriminative towards Stanley, makes him seem animalistic or disgusting.
‘What did you mean by saying that you will have to burn them’
Clear offence was taken by Stanley, possibly leading to the apparent resentment
‘I have a lawyer acquaintance’
Trying to show the level of superiority he is in, the social network of money
‘Yes-I was flirting with your husband, Stella’
‘I ought to go there on a rocket that never comes down’
Mental instability
‘The blind are- leading the blind’
