Streetcar - Family quotations

‘It looks to me like you’ve been swindled, baby, and when you’re swindled under the Napoleonic code I’m swindled too. And I don’t like to be swindled.’

• patronising address terms reinforcing his authority and control

• repetition - connotes criminality towards Blanche, emphasising his growing hatred of Blanche and our pity and fear for her as well as a childish tone in Stanley

• prosodic features - emphatic, angry tone of voice, determination to take revenge

• the loss of Belle Reve is the main trigger for Stanley’s antagonism towards Blanche

• There are clear differences between Stella and Stanley’s backgrounds - fuelling Stanley’s determination to defeat Blanche

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