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A Streetcar Named DesireScene 3
Opening stage directions
The kitchen now suggests that sort of lurid nocturnal brilliance
Use of lighting-contrast with Blanche who shies away from light-
skilful use of lighting to create structural contrast between Blanche
and Stanley
Coloured shirts, solid blue, a purple, a red and white check, a
light green
Bright colours contrast with white of Blanche-use of costume to
highlight difference between old and new world
Men at the peak of their physical manhood
Stanley and his peers emblematic of modern masculinity-physically
dominant, brash and gaudy
Conversation between Stanley and the men
STANLEY: Get off the table, Mitch
Mitch is a foil to Stanley-weaker-sensitive / clumsier
He lurches up
Stanley’s aggressive controlling nature-Stanley is the dominant
male both in female company and among his group of friends
STEVE: This ole n***** is out in back…
While new world is more cosmopolitan and accepting than old world,
there is still racism embedded in it
Conversation between Stella and Blanche
BLANCHE: How do I look?
STELLA: Lovely, Blanche
Repeated pattern of behaviour-Blanche’s need for validation-
insecurity about her physical appearance
BLANCHE: Please don’t get up
STANLEY: Nobody’s getting up
Blanche’s old southern manner codes-contrast between social
conventions of old world and the brash, rude nature of new world
STELLA: How much longer is this game going to continue?
STANLEY: Till we get ready to quit
Stanley’s curt response to Stella’s question emphasises the power
dynamic of their relationship-Stanley clearly in position of control
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