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Masculinity :man::skin-tone-2: (Character :silhouettes: ("How about…
Masculinity :man::skin-tone-2:
Mood and Tone
p16- "animal joy" "the center of his life has been pleasure with women, the giving and taking of it..." Takes what he wants (1.1)
sc 3-p31 - "colored shirts, solid blue..." manly colors "whisky bottles" manly objects
"tender blue" - masculine color for setting (1.1)
after he hits her .... room "dims out to darkness" stanley "throws his head back like a baying hound" and bellows - p43 Sc 3
Symbols
p32-sc3- "hen comes ...rooster right behind her" animal- laughing at harassment and assault
p 54- Sc 4- Animal- "he acts like an animal, has an animal's habits! eats like one, moves like one..."
Setting and space :deciduous_tree:
p 17 "he starts to remove his shirt" 1.1- Space, territory, sexuality
"which we ladies are cordially not invited" sc 2 p 24. stella recognizes male female spaces. resentful?
p15 "Eunice
hollering down from above
- physical separation 1.1
"lurid nocturnal brilliance" ... raw colors,- sc 3-p31 highlighting their manliness in poker game
"nothing belongs on a poker table but..." sc 3 p31- man rules
"why don't you women go up and sit with Eunice" p33 sc3-
poker should not be played in a house with women sc3p41 rules
When men are drinking and playing poker andthing can happen. he didn't know what he was doing. he was as good as a lamb when I came back- Stella making excuses for the "spaces" men are in. Sc 4- p 47
When men are drinking and playing poker anything
can happen. he didn't know what he was doing. he was as good as a lamb when I came back- Stella making excuses for the "spaces" men are in. Sc 4- p 47
Character :silhouettes:
p 16- " rough humor" "drink and food and games, his car, his radio" - items that characterize him (1.1)
p 16- he sizes women up... with sexual classification 1.1
"How about my supper" p 19 (sc2) - gender expectations
"Let me enlighten you on a point or two, baby" p21 (sc 2) wisdom and assumption; mansplaining
"Since when do you give me orders?" p23 sc 2
gender roles
character attack: "what's in the back of that little boy's mind?" p27 sc 2
"esp. now that she's going to have a baby" ignoring stella's wishes to not tell Blanche p29- sc2
p 2- bellowing- asserting power through volume (1.1) "baby" power dynamic - :baby:
p33sc3-
stanley gives a loud whack of his hand
laughing at discomfort, entitled to body
it makes me so mad when he does that... ongoing behavior
"There is a sound of a blow. Stella cries out" violence p41- sc 3
"I want MY baby" p43 sc 3- no concern for what Stella wants
"you just blew your top Stan" lack of accountability - boys take care of Stan even though he hit Stella. p42 Sc 3
Stella: he smashed light-bulbs ; blanche: you're married to a madman; stella: no! Shows his aggression and Stella's acceptance. P48- sc4
"Hiyuh, Blanche" (he grins at her. he's listened to what she thinks of him) p55 sc 4- still asserting power
Things Left Uncertain
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Why does Stella find Stanley so appealing and attractive? What about him draws her in that she would leave another world behind? (1.1)
Where are all the items from Blanche's trunk from? How does Stanley going through them show is power over her? Sc 2
Why does Mitch believe violence is ok when he acts so sensitively toward Blanche? Sc 3
Why is Stella so adamantly protective of her husband? Sc4