Scene Seven Flashcards
1
Q
“Lately you have been doing all you can to rub her the wrong way”
A
- metaphor; foreshadowing scene 10?
- cliche idiom
2
Q
“You know she’s been feeding us a pack of lies here?”
A
- allusion to smoking/her bad habits
- animalistic behaviour
- idiom
- reference to poker imagery
3
Q
“Some canary-bird, huh!”
A
- talking about Blanches voice
- symbolic of a weak animal: trapped in a cage singing
4
Q
“She goes on to another, the same old lines, same old act, same old hooey!”
A
- theatrical lexis shows how Stanley has seen through her disguise
- anaphoric and hyperbolic repetition
5
Q
“A seventeen year old boy - she’d gotten mixed up with!”
A
- euphemism
- Blanches desire for love has no restraint
- he is enjoying exposing Blanche
6
Q
“[Peals of laughter are heard as if a child were frolicking in the tub.]
A
- child like imagery connotes decline in mental health
- Blanche is stuck in the past and wants to remain innocent
7
Q
“I think Blanche didn’t just love him but worshipped the ground he walked on!”
A
- hyperbolic
- Blanche’s life revolves around men; she can’t function alone
8
Q
“She’ll go! Period. PS. She’ll go Tuesday!”
A
- adamant on his decision
- Stanley gets the final verdict; dominant
- has control over Blanche’s fate
