street car named desire packet test

blanche makes a very telling statement at the bottom of page 678 about reality. what does she say?

"I don't want realism, i want magic" she always is portraying herself as what people want and tells what ought to be the truth. she tries to alter her true life to other people

what does belle reve mean? what does it refer to in the play?

Belle Reve means beautiful dream. Belle Reve refers to the Plantation that the DeBois family owns, and it refers to where they the Debois sisters used to live. refers to illusions, the dreams that each character has

why does blanche say she left her teaching job to visit stella?

Blanche says she left her teaching job to visit Stella, because she slowly began to become exhausted, and she suggested that her nerves broke, resulting in the superintendent of the school she works at telling her she should take a break from her job.

why does Blanche say she lost Belle Reve?

Blanche says she lost Belle Reve because everyone started to die in the family and they did not have any money left to pay for Belle Reve.

Seemingly out of the blue, Stanley asks Blanche if she knows someone named Shaw. He says that Shaw knew Blanche from Laurel but must have mixed her up with someone else who partied at the Hotel Flamingo. What is Blanche's response?

Blanche says that she would never step in hotel flamingo and kind of avoids the whole shaw person

what songs are present in the first 3 scenes? how does the music relate to the characters?

Blue piano, Rhumba, "The Paper Doll" - The music represents the characters actions and feelings or in Blanche's flashbacks.

where are stella and blanche going when the men play poker

Galatoires for dinner, then see a show. stella tries to keep blanche away in fear blanche would be overwhelmed

at the end of scene one, what music "rises up, faint in the distance"

polka music

who is supposed to be coming over for blanche's birthday. why does stanley say this person won't be coming?

mitch is supposed to come but he doesnt because stanley told him the truth about blanche and her life

in scene 9, who stops by unexpectedly to see blanche

mitch stops by and got from her what he wanted the whole time

why does mitch rip the paper lantern off the light bulb. what does the light represent

mitch wants to see who blanche really is. it represents the fake front that blanche puts on for people. it represents the truths that are getting taken away

why does mitch say he won't marry blanche now?

mitch won't marry her because she is not clean enough to bring in his mothers house

what does stanley buy for blanche

a one way greyhound bus ticket

in scene 5, we see blanche drinking again, why do you think she drinks?

she drinks for everything she is been through. she wants to calm herself and soften the bad memories her life is full of. she uses this as an escape

why does blanche flirt with the paper boy?

because she wants to prove that she is still young and can attract men. she is a natural flirt and she feels she has power

when blanche and stella are discussing stanley, his entrance to the apartment is washed out by a passing train. What does he hear Blanche say about him?

blanche calls him common and tries to get stella to believe they are higher class than him.she calls him an animal and a caveman

blanche- why does stan want her to leave? how is her presence effecting his marriage?

blanche is always telling stella to leave stan and the relationship is being effected negatively. he wants her gone because they can go back to making love.

during their talk, blanche is in the tub and singing. what is she singing about

blanche is singing about a paper moon which is about lies. it's symbolizes all the fakeness and lies blanche is surrounding herself with to make her better. it's ironic because this is when stanley is telling stella the real story

after stella and stanley leave, a young man comes to the door collecting money for the local newspaper. what does blanche do to him?

blanche kisses him and tries to seduce him

why does blanche lie to mitch about being younger than stella. why doesnt she like bright lights?

blanche lies because she thinks mitch will look at her differently. blanche doesnt like the bright lights because it shows her true age making her feel vulnerable. this symbolizes blanche does not want to face the harsh truth about herself

blanche- in scene 5, blanche is writing a letter to shep. why does she not tell him the truth of her situation?

blanche not necessarily lies, but stretches the truth, because she wants shep to pity her, but also wants to keep her dignity. she also can't tell the truth because stella doesnt even know the real truth

blanche tells stanley that mitch came to see her. what does she tell him the reason was?

blanche says mitch came back for forgiveness

In Scene Five, Blanche discusses astrological signs. What sign does she think Stanley was born under and why? What sign does she say she was born under? What does it mean?

blanche says stanley is an aries because it means forceful and dynamic like his personality. Blanche was born in September under Virgo the Virgin. This is ironic because the audience finds out that Blanche is definitely not a virgin.

what does blanche admit happened after her husbands death? why did she say she did this?

blanche says that she had many intimacies with other men and she did that because it was the only way to fill her empty heart

stanley comes home from the hospital. Blanche has been drinking since mitch lef. wwho does she tell stanley she heard from? what invitation does she say he extended?

blanche says that shep contacted her to invite her on a yacht with him

what idea does Blanche have to escape new orleans with stella

blanche says they can visit shep hunleigh, a rich man from texas

several weeks have passed and stella is packing blanches things. where does blanche think she is going? where is she actually going?

blanche thinks shes going on the yacht with shep but she is actually going to an asylum

near the end of scene one, what do we learn about Blanche's husband?

blanches husband has passed away when they were very young

at the end of scene six, blanche is confiding in mitch by telling him the story of how her husband died. how did he die? what led to that?

blanches husband shot himself after blanche found him in bed with another man, he was so hurt when blanche said she was disgusted by him

where and what kind of music is mentioned in these scenes

blue piano music when blanche is sad and depressed and polka music during anxiety, stress, and confusion.

is your first loyalty to be with your spouse or your best friend?

friend because a friend is just such a different relationship than a spouse and usually a friend is longer than a spouse or started before a spouse

blanche and mitch discuss stanley. she asks him if stanley talks much about her and explains how horrid he is making her life there with them. what does mitch respond?

he says that stanley doesn't talk much of her but he doesnt think he hates her, he doesnt understand her. he is surprised to hear how rude stanley is to her

what does stanley think that blanche has done with the money he believes she made from selling Belle reve?

he thinks that she used it all on herself for fine clothes and nice jewelry

did mitch love blanche

i think mitch did not love blanche because he fell in love with the blanche that she acted like, so he did not truly love the real blanche. when he did find out the real blanche, he no longer showed interest in blanche.

blanche goes into Stella's apartment to wait for her to come home. What does she do while she is waiting?

keeps to herself showing she is high class, finds liquor and drinks some and then puts everything back to cover up her drinking

how does mitch compare and contrast with stanley

mitch and stanley only compare in their looks because they are both bigger built. mitch is very sensitive and a loving person and stanley is a very aggressive, insensitive person

who is coming over to see blanche on this night?

mitch is coming over to see blanche

it is now mid september and blanche's birthday. stella has prepared a party for her. stan lets stella know that he has learned some things about blanche. what things?

stan finds out that blanche lived in hotel flamingo after she left belle reve and she got kicked out due to her behavior and she was fired from school for having relations with a 17 year old

blanche is stood up. they sit talking at the table and stan gets angry at stella for telling him his face and fingers are disgustingly greasy. what does he do in response?

stan gets angry and throws his dishes on the floor and threatens to clean the rest of the table that way

what happens at the end of scene 10?

stan rapes blanche and he does this because he knows its the only way to destroy her

stanley. how has his relationship with stella changed? how has his relationship with blanche changed

stanley and stellas has changed because of blanches presence. they love each other but there is a space between them. stanley and blanche has not changed, stan wanted to destroy her and since he finally done so, he is content

blanche goes to the back room, a bedroom, to relax until the men are finished playing. she turns on a radio. stanley asks her to turn it off but she doesnt, what does stan do?

stanley gives blanche a mean look and turns the radio off as he is drunk

how does stanley differ from blanche

stanley is a loud, straightforward, aggressive person and he likes light because it shows true colors of people. blanche is a person that wants to be treated how she presents herself and she is not loud or aggressive, and hates light

in scene 2, stanley finds out about the loss of belle reve. what is his reaction?

stanley is angry and thinks that blanche used all the money to buy nice things for herself

what does stanley tell blanche about stella as they are going through her business papers?

stanley told her stella was pregnant

at the beginning of the play stanley is bowling and at the end he is playing cards. what does this suggest about his views of life?

stanleys always playing games saying he is a very aggressive and competitive person and he is losing he is losing blanche

when blanche and stella return to the apartment, the men are still playing. which one does stella introduce to blanche. what does blanche say about him

stella introduces blanche to harold mitchell (mitch). she says he is superior to the others and has a sensitive look

what happens at the end of scene 8?

stella is taken to the hospital because she is going to have her baby and that gives the perfect chance for stan to destroy blanche

how did stella say she reacted to Stanley's breaking all the light bulbs on their wedding night

stella said she was thrilled by his actions

what happens between stella and stanley that ends the poker game

stella starts calling stan rude names and turns the radio back on and stanley beats her and throws the radio out the windo, but stanley soon calls stella back and they go back together

when we first meet Blanche Dubois, she has traveled to see her sister Stella. She took streetcars named Desire and Cemeteries to arrive at her sister's apartment. What might these names represent?

streetcar named desire represents how blanche fulfilled her desires and that led her down a path that ended in her emotional death. the streetcar named cemeteries represents the emotional death that was caused by blanche's desire. the streetcar named desire leads to the streetcar named cemeteries, showing that following your desire will lead to a death

what do you think the symbolic meaning of the mexican woman selling flowers for the dead in scene 9?

symbolized the emotional and physical deaths of blanche and the different deaths in the play

why is the paper lantern important to blanche?

the paper latern hides her true self while it tones down the bright light.

What kind of relationship do Stanley and Stella have?

they have a very physical relationship and they have nothing but extremes. either an extremely happy relationship or a miserable relationship. it seems that they love each other alot