streetcar quotes Flashcards
(31 cards)
How are the houses in Elysian Fields described?
“mostly white frame”
“colonial in style”
What clothing is Stanley wearing at the start?
“blue denim work clothes”
Stella is said to be from “a background obviously quite different from…
her husbands”
Blanche’s appearance is “incongruous to…
the setting”
“I won’t be looked at in this…
merciless glare”
Stella says “New Orleans isn’t like…
other cities”
“When he’s away for a week I…
nearly go wild”
Stella says Blanche is “soaking in a hot tub…
to quiet her nerves”
Stanley says “the Kowalksis and the Dubois…
have different notions”
Blanche says “Maybe he’s what we need to mix with our blood now that…
we’ve lost Belle Reve…without Belle Reve to protect us”
Blanche’s response to Stella’s “You are as fresh as a daisy”
“One that’s been picked a few days”
Blanche says Mitch “had a sort of…
sensitive look”
Blanche “I can’t stand a …
naked lightbulb”
Mitch says Blanche is certainly not a what
“old maid”
Who’s verbs are “fiercely” and “snatches”
“They come together with low…
animal moans”
Stella’s “eyes go bind with…
tenderness”
Stella tells Blanche “when men are drinking and playing poker…
anything can happen”
Blanche tells Stella “You’re married to…
a madman”
“There are things that happen between a man and woman in the dark…
that sort of make everything else seem unimportant”
“something downright…
bestial about him”
“I want to deceive him enough to…
make him want me”
Stanley says “Sister Blanche is no…
lily”
“A seventeen year old boy she’d gotten…
mixed up with”
