English Drama

    Cards (6)

    • Stanley
      • American
      • Represents new heterogeneous America where B doesn't belong
      • Sees himself as social leveller
    • Stanley's intense hatred of B
      • Motivated by aristocratic past she represents
      • Sees her as untrustworthy
      • Doesn't appreciate way she attempts to fool him & friends into thinking she is better than they are
    • Stanley's down-to-earth character proves harmfully crude & brutish, chief amusements: gambling, bowling, sex & drinking - lacks ideals & imagination
    • Stanley's disturbing, degenerate nature hinted first when he beats wife, evident after he rapes sister-in-law, shows no remorse for brutal actions
    • Stanley: '"Stell-lahhhh! . . . I want my baby down here. Stella, Stella!"'
    • Stella placed between Blanche & Stanley throughout; Blanche shares background, upbringing, represents her past, Stanley deeply in love/lust, represents present & future – chooses stanley, displaying practical side which prompted her to escape bankrupt BR life, she now has child dependent on her support
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