Sexuality,desire and femininity

“I guess it is just that I have—_____ ideals!” (Scene 10) – Sexuality, Desire, and Femininity

Blanche’s claim to uphold “_____-fashioned ideals” is deeply _____, as her past _____ this façade of _____. The _____ masks her own sexual _____, revealing how femininity is _____ through artificial notions of _____. The _____ is societal as well—while men are allowed to _____ in desire without consequence, women must _____ theirs or face condemnation.

old-fashioned, old, fashioned, ironic, contradicts, purity, euphemism, experiences, policed, virtue, hypocrisy, indulge, disguise

“Her eyes go _____ with tenderness.” (Scene 3, about Stella) – Sexuality, Desire, and Femininity

Stella’s _____ for Stanley is depicted as both _____ and blinding, suggesting that _____ prevents her from recognizing his _____. The _____ implies that femininity, when tied to sexual _____, leads to _____, reinforcing patriarchal _____. Ironically, her _____ for Stanley is also her greatest _____, trapping her in a cycle of _____.

blind, passion, intoxicating, desire, brutality, metaphor, attraction, submission, control, love, weakness, abuse

“He picks up her _____ figure and carries her to the .”_____”(Scene 10, stage direction) – Sexuality, Desire, and Femininity

Blanche’s“_____” body symbolizes the total _____ of her agency, as her _____ identity is violently _____ by Stanley. The _____ between her passivity and his _____ reinforces the theme of male _____ over female _____. This moment, _____ throughout the play, confirms the tragic _____ of women who attempt to control their own _____ within a patriarchal world.

inert, bed, inert, erasure, sexual, seized, contrast, forcefulness

"They come together with low _____ moans… _____ her into the dark _____." – Sexuality, Desire, and Femininity

Williams presents Stella’s _____ as primal and _____, reinforcing the idea that her bond with Stanley is based on _____ rather than logic or _____. The "low animal moans" strip away human _____, reducing their relationship to pure _____. The _____ symbolizes Stella’s willful _____ to Stanley’s brutality, _____ her eventual betrayal of Blanche

animal, bears, flat, sexuality, irresistible, passion, morality, rationality, physicality, darkness, blindness, foreshadowing