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A Streetcar Named DesireScene 8 notes
Opening stage directions
Fading gradually into a still-golden dusk
Pathetic fallacy-sunset-reflective of sun coming down on Blanche’s
dreams and prospects
The three people are completing a dismal birthday
Adjective emphasises the tension of the scene
STANLEY looks sullen. STELLA is embarrassed and sad. BLANCHE
has a tight artificial smile on her drawn face
Pattern of adjectives create a clear characterisation for the three
characters I the scene
Blanche continues to try to uphold an illusion of happiness despite
the tension of the scene
There is a fourth place at the table which is left vacant
Adds level of tension to the scene as the audience knows it is for
Mitch
Interaction between Blanche, Stanley and Stella
BLANCHE: we’re all so solemn. Is it because I’ve been stood up by
my beau?
Dramatic irony in question as audience knows why Blanche has
been stood up
STANLEY: I don’t know any refined enough for your taste
Sarcasm evoked through adjective ‘refined’-Stanley’s refusal to
comply to Blanche’s request shows his desire to upset Blanche
There is the sense that he is mocking Blanche’s upper class
background-class conflict
*Blanche’s long rambling story about the parrot emphasises her
nervousness / anxiety-knows something has happened and that
Mitch hasn’t shown but doesn’t know why so attempts to distract
herself
STANLEY pays no attention to the story
Verbal phrase evokes the rudeness of Stanley and his contempt for
Blanche
STELLA: Mr Kowalski is too busy making a pig of himself …go and
wash up then help me clean the table
Colloquial phrase-Stella tries to assert some power over Stanley
Pattern of imperatives shows Stella’s attempt to undermine Stanley
as dominant figure of the house-Stella at her most assertive
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