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Tragedy: Streetcar
Scene Summaries
Scene One
- Stella goes to watch Stanley and Mitch bowling
- Blanche arrives very out of place , delicately dressed. Eunice lets her in.
- Blanche feels uncomfortable in the messy, small apartment, but drinks whiskey.
- tella bursts in and embraces her sister. Blanche condemns the living condition and moans at Stella for being quiet; They argue over Belle Reve and Stella's lack of support.
- Stanley returns from bowling with his friends and notes the depletion of the whiskey.
- Stanley takes off his sweaty shirt in front of Blanche to make her uncomfortable. He asks her about her marriage and she faints.
Scene Two
- Stella tells Stanley she is planning on taking Blanche to the french quarter while he plays poker (Blanche is having a bath)
- Stella tells Stanley that Belle Reve is lost and reminds him not to tell Blanche about her pregnancy.
- Stanley is annoyed and wants to see the bill of sale because of the napoleonic code.
- He goes through Blanche's suitcase commenting on her fine clothes and jewellery. Stella tells him they are cheap/fake.
- Stan demands to see BD's papers of sale while Stella goes to the drugstore. Stella manhandles Blanche's love letters but eventually finds Belle Reve was generally lost on a mortgage.He is sheepish and reveals that his wife is pregnant.
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Context + Overview
Social Issues
Sexual frustration
- The play suggests that modern society is underpinned by sexual frustrations of all kinds - society appears to repress people (particularly women)
Class struggle is linked to sex, sexual encounters happen across class barriers (i.e. middle-class Stella's union with working-class Stanley, Blanche's fantasies and relationship with a student)
Violence
- Usually seen within domestic setting
- Cultural violence is also present, forced upon the mixed-race characters and the "Polacks" as migrants
Cruelty and Suffering
- Characters tend to suffer psychological suffering rather than physical or emotional
Setting
Macro settings
- New Orleans French Quarter and its streets
- The town of Laurel, Mississippi
- Residence of Belle Reve
Micro Settings
- Stella and Stanley's apartment in Elysian Fields, The street outside
- Eunice and Steve's apartment
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