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Some men are took in by this Hollywood glamour stuff and some men are not.

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Stanley uses slang and grammatically inaccurate constructions to emphasise the class difference and lack of Stanley's education.

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After Stanley discovers Blanche has lost Belle Reve

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After Stanley discovers Blanche has lost Belle Reve

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Suspicion that she has spent the money that he is entitled to.

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'You lay your hands on me and I'll - [She backs out of sight...There is a sound of a blow. Stella cries out.]

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'He acts like an animal, has animal's habits! Eats like one, moves like one, talks like one.'

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(Temporal - time and setting;
Historical - USA, Post WWII, Southern states; Declining economy - end of slave trade;
Cultural - class differences)

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'Intimacies with strangers was all I seemed to be able to fill my heart with...I think it was panic, just panic.. "This women is morally unfit for her position".'

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Hypocrisy of distinct perceived moral standards for women.

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Repetition of key phrases to emphasise habitual movements of Stanley (echoing animalistic tendencies) and to drive home to Stella the stark contrast between them.

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Represented by hesitation, unfinished sentences

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After Stanley tells Mitch about what he has discovered about Blanche

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After Stanley tells Mitch about what he has discovered about Blanche

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Has a real psychological impact on Blanche because she thought she could possibly marry Mitch

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Yes accuse me! Sit there and stare at me, thinking I let the place go! I let the place go? Where were you! In bed with your-polak!

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When Blanch finds out Stella is pregnant

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The differences between class are evident from the characters in the story

Blanche: Originated from a higher class of society
Stanley: Belongs to the lower class
Stella: A character that belongs to neither, she exists between the two

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When Blanche arrives

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Signs of old fashioned racism/bias
They way Blanche speaks to/talks about the negro lady in the beginning, as well as Stanley

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Stanley finds out Blanche is lying about who she is and tells Mitch

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Author uses musical cues to foreshadow events as well as represent characters and their social class

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Cleanliness represents Blanche's virginal purity of the past and her attempts to portray herself as pure in contrast to the 'unclean' accusations of society.

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The idea of wealth (Stella and Blanche’s childhood vs New Orleans)

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Both Stanley and Blanche drink excessively at various points during the play

Stanley’s drinking is social: during their poker games, and to celebrate the birth of his child

Blanche’s drinking  is anti-social: She tries to keep it a secret. She drinks on the sly in order to withdraw from harsh reality.

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Blanche avoids appearing in direct, bright light, especially in front of her suitor, Mitch. (Mitch points this out in scene 9,when he confronts her with the stories Stanley has told him of her past.)

She also refuses to reveal her age, and it is clear that she avoids light in order to prevent him from seeing the reality of her fading beauty.

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“They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, and transfer to one called Cemeteries, and ride six blocks and get off at—Elysian Fields!”

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When Blanche is shipped off to a mental institution

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When Blanche is shipped off to a mental institution

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Blanche cannot deal with reality, retreats into illusion

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Women being either good/submissive wives or sultry/strong spoken (I.e. Stella vs Blanche)

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"I am not a Polack. People from  But what I am is a one hundred
percent American, born and raised in the greatest country on earth and proud as hell of it, so
don't ever call me a Polack.

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When Stanley goes through blanches suitcase when she is having a bath

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”And turn that over-light off! I won't be looked at in this merciless glare“

"I don't think I have seen you in the light." -Mitch

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is A persons race define them? For example, Stanley sees himself as American, but Blanche calls him a pollack. Is it where we grew up more important or is our racial heritage more important

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“Blanche: Why don’t you bathe, too, soon as I get out?”  P. 73

“Blanche: A hot bath and a long, cold drink always gives me brand - new outlook on life!” P. 75

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While she’s left alone waiting for Stella, Blanche throws down a triple whisky. shows signs of anxiety, a need for help and for someone to be there for her

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Culture (e.g Napoleonic code)

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STELLA
You are as fresh as a daisy.

BLANCHE
One that’s been picked a few days.

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Blanche’s history exposed by Stanley