Streetcar quotes Flashcards
What does Stanley quote by Huey Long?
“Every man is King”
What does Stella say about Stanley’s temper?
“Stanley has always smashed things”
What does Stanley say about Blanche’s sexuality?
“Sister Blanche is no white lily”
What does Stanley say about the Napoleonic code?
“You see, under the Napoleonic Code a man has to take interest in his wife’s affairs”
What does Blanche say to Stella about Stanley about savages?
“Don’t hang back with the brutes!”
What does Blanche call Mitch?
“Rose Cavalier”
What does Stanley say to Blanche say to Stella about their status?
“I pulled off those white columns and you loved it”
What does Mitch say to Blanche when he learns of her past?
“You’re not clean enough”
What does Blanche say when first arriving in New Orleans?
“They told me to take a streetcar named Desire and transfer to one called Cemeteries, and ride six blocks to get off at - Elysian Fields!”
What does Stella say about her and Stanley’s relationship?
“There are things that happen between a man and a woman in the dark that sort of make everything else seem - unimportant”
What does Blanche say about her life post Allan Grey’s death to Mitch?
“The searchlight which had been turned on the world was turned off again and never for one moment since has there been any light that’s stronger than this kitchen candle!”
What does Blanche say about reality?
“I don’t want realism, I want magic!”
