scene 3 quotes (memorisation)

opening stage direction

“yellow linoleum” “vivid green glass shade” “solid blues” “primary colours”

Blanche on her own appearence

stella: “fresh as a daisy”
Blanche: “one that’s been picked a few days”

Blanche and class

“please don’t get up’ // stanley: ‘nobody’s going to’

blanche on mitch

‘this one seems - superior to the others’ ‘sensitive look’

Blanche’s clothes:

‘white shirt’ ‘pink silk brassiere’ ‘light through portieres’

blanche and the light

returns stanley’s look ‘without flinching’

blanche when speaking to mitch

‘softly’ ‘reads with feigned difficulty’

blanche on her name

‘like an orchid in spring!’

blanche and light/appearance

‘I can’t stand a naked light bulb, anymore than a rude remark or a vulgar action’

stella when stanley hits her

‘please go home! if any of you have one spark of dignity in you!’

mitch

‘poker shouldn’t be played in a house with women’

men’s actions after violence

protect both stella and stanley

Stanley on stella after her leaving

‘my baby doll’s left me!’

final stage direction about stella

‘slips down the rickety stairs’ ‘eyes are glistening’ ‘hair is loose about her throat and shoulders’

stella and stanley in final stage direction

‘low animal moans’ ‘her eyes go blind with tenderness’ ‘bears her into the dark flat’