scene 10 question blanch

in scene 10 the mirror breaks breaks , symbolising the end to her innocence her vanity. 


stanley is struggling to get the broken bottle out of her hand  and then we hear blanche cry out in defeat.This shows the stanley has won .the broken mirror also represents bad luck, and its kind of ironic for the situation she gets into with stanley.


what are his motives for raping Blanche? 


stanley has become overwhelmed of her strange behaviour and has his finale say as he takes power out of Blanche and projects her as this weak unstable image she is in the play, he is sort of proving a point for himself.


why does the blue piano accompany the rape ?


The blue piano is heard at the beginning of the play, and every time we hear it it is the start of 'something' in blanches life, it  reveals the inner loneness of people and makes listener try to find The polka music represents Blanche*s memory of her lover. 

writing task

the noise from the busy new orleans street increase, stanley andstella woke up admist the sound  each other at breakfast.


stanley: Stella!, you aint commin up for breakfast?
stella slowly grabed her rope with hesitation, she smiled and droped it walking energeticly down the hallway .


Stella : stanley, since everything when all ...swifty last night i was thinking that it would be real good if you'd stop those poker nights your having, you know it aint no good .

stanley :i know, i know stella and im trying at least give me that (he smiles and grabs hold of her hand ,he shakes his head and carries on with breakfast.




Questions :what is the meaning of the train in A street car named desire ?

Thetrain  in the play represents alot of things umongst the desire to be at a hppy place in blanches life and the desire that has led blanche in a mental spiral.

alos the train has the persona of a ratal trap, and this tells us that the train (desire) must have been hard for Blanche and that her own personal journey must have been hard too.

why does stanley ask if stella has come back?

stanley asks this because he probably thought that she would have run off seeing the poker nights events turned ugly.

Notes on questions

why is Stella 'sort of thrilled' buy Stanley's violence 




i think that stella is confused, that she is associating manliness with violence and possibly believes that this is how 'men' act.we see this through her reaction to him smashing all the light bulbs in there wedding night.Stella was believed to be 'thrilled' by the fact that he was displaying rage and frustration .


This is also shown in the conversation that has with her sister  Blanche when she calls stanley an 'animal'.Stella doesn't believe Blanches accusations and makes excuses up for him for example 'what other can i be, he's taken the radio to get it fixed .It didn't land on the pavement so only one tube was smashed' this shows us that stella is used to making assumptions for his aqctions and has told herself (possibly) that it is o.k.
Blanche throuout the conversation tries to remind Stella of the good times that they both had in belle reve .                        
                 

Also, stella seems as though she is in a delirious and blinded by what is actually going ,violence .she quotes 'i am not in anything i want to get out of' this tells us that she has made herself think that this is how 'men' act and that she has to accustom  to this sort of behavour .
                                                                                        

diary entry

dear diary 


The baby's finally here, and i don't really know what feel right now, all that i know from my own two cents is that Stanley's changed, he really has and if i had the actual stones to admit it then i wouldn't be in this rut that i'm in now.and oh my sweet blanche, how will i tell her that the home isn't going to be enough for the three of house;knowing that i love stanley and all, i honestly cant choose between the two of them.I just cant, and i know how Blanche is ,she sure wont mind leaving for a while,stanley will almost certainly tell her to leave, oh what am i thinking my sweet sister Blanche wont leave my sight, she's all i got in this world , i don't even know what i was thinking when i left belle revere; such a stupid little girl i am ,leaving my one and only sister for this man...that i'm in love with.


i dont know whats going on with Blanche but i'm almost certain that she's not how she use to be ,and i can feel that feeling i get ,when things aren't going right i just know that stanley isn't right either ,oh what am i thinking, silly me ,and my mind .

scene between mitch ,steve and stanley

Its late at night, the lights on the streets grow dimmer and the sounds of the blue piano fade in and out as blanch climbs down the stairs to the three men , Stanley, Steve and Mitch all taking shots at the bar and laughing with animal like movements .

Blanche : Stanley! oh Stanley there you are, Stella wants you out on the front porch to talk, she says something about you needed to talk more about the baby.

Stanley moves about slowly, ruffling his hair with frustration and sweat from the intensely lighted room, packed with newcomers and travelers on a Friday night, Xavier night .

Mitch: your wife there, i heard her sisters  come to stay with y'all , a mighty fine woman she is, just talking with her last night, says she's a teacher too; i might just want to get to know her some more eh!

Stanley: now ,you lay of her, she's bad news , seems like a fine woman to you Mitch but i tell ya she aint got nothin less then a pack of lies to keep, she's a right seductress. and i bet she's got you all in her lunacy ,i'm tellin you, she's baaad news.

Mitch: why, this is quiet sudden, never really taken her for the....no no no no, i just wont believe it, she's such a nice women, well together and all, and i know that she aint what y'all makin her out to be , Stanley . go on home to your wife , you aint got no business tellin me what Blanche is.

Steve :come on up Stanley you know Blanche well enough to be callin her stuff like that?, go on home to your wife.

The blues music from Xavier slows into a final chorus and Stanley looks around at the two men as if they were blinded he grunts and curses under his breathe ,sweat pounds his face and he gets up grabbing the edge of a table so he doesn't loose grip.

Stella: Stanley! Stanley! come on down why don't you, its getting cold out here; stupid men  !

out at the corner, Blanche stands in toilet ,staring at the mirror,

Blanche: age really does catch up with my pretty little mind ,if i must be crazy, ahhh, time to bathe ,oh lovely bath to cleanse me of this men filled day...haha

streetcar named desire H/M

why does Blanche replace the bottle and wash the glass after having a drink?


blanch could be generally afraid of admitting to herself that she drinks way too much for her own good and so by replacing the bottle she is fooling herself and pretending as though she never drank. this could be a method of helping her cope with reality, by washing away the evidence of her destruction .


pick out the pet names for Stella and explain why she uses them
the pet names for stella are 'stella the star' , blanch uses this to tell us that she thinks of her sister as still a young child, or maybe that she feels protective over her sister and wants to keep her in the state of 'happiness' of when they were once children and names like that were appropriate for her age .


what evidence is there that Blanche is concerned about her looks?what does this say about her character?
when blanche came over to Stella apartment in New Orleans, she kept asking how she looked ,this told me that she worries about her appearance often and isn't comfortable with it .


what is blanches reaction to were Stella lives?
Blanche, at first couldn't believe that what she was seeing was Stella's apartment, she also kept asking if this really could be her home .

information about a play

a streetcars are rail transit vehicles designed for local transportation, powered by electricity received from the over head wire.its set in an apartment, in new orleans 1947 just within the new order in america. The music in new orleans 1947 is jazz and the blues.