Scene 3 Summary Flashcards
(13 cards)
The scene centres on…
The poker game and Stanley’s domestic abuse towards Stella
Because he is losing the poker game…
Stanley shouts at Mitch, drinks more, strikes Stella, shouts at the women
The kitchen is described as…
Brightly coloured, lurid, messy (pg 27)
What is revealed about Mitch?
That his mother is sick and he lost a girl he loved
Stanley hits…
Stella’s thigh (pg 29)
Blanche is provocative towards the men by…
Undressing in the gap between the curtains, sitting and stretching there (pg 30-31)
Blanche lies to Mitch about…
How much she is able to / how often she drinks (pg 33), her age (pg 34)
Blanche does not like…
The naked light, paper lantern over it
When Blanche turns on the radio again…
Stanley chucks it out of the window (pg 35)
Mitch is described as…
A ‘dancing bear’ (pg 35)
When Stanley hits Stella…
Blanche and Stella flee upstairs to Eunice (pg 35-36)
After he hits her, Stella…
Comes back down to Stanley, after he calls for her (pg 37-38)
