streetcar critics Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
Chapman “Blanche shuns the reality of what she is and takes desperate refuge in…
A
a magical life she has invented for herself”
2
Q
Bloom “Stanley cannot be blamed for…
A
protecting his marriage against the force that would destroy it”
3
Q
Fang “The fact Shep Hunteleigh never shows up suggest if women place their hope in men…
A
their oppressed and subordinate status can never be changed”
4
Q
Tapp “Both leading roles are portrayed as victims
A
their gendered languages and social norms”
5
Q
Paglia “Stanley is the strutting male animal in
A
his sexual prime”
6
Q
Onset “Blanche craves magic because
A
the bright truth of post-war America is too harsh to bare”
7
Q
Kazan “Blanche is dangerous…
A
she is destructive”
