A Streetcar Named Desire Interview

Scene 3

How does Tennessee Williams make this moment so revealing in A Streetcar Named Desire?

NOTES

Introduction :
1. Question as a Statement ie Tennessee Williams, the playwright of “A
Streetcar Named Desire” makes this a very revealing moment in our play.
2. Introdution to the Basic Themes in the play and the evidence for the
themes ( small examples or quotes)
3. Explaination in short ie the points im going to be talking about
Paragraph 1 :
 Point- Stanley and Stella’s Nature
 Explanation – How Stanley and Stella act like animals, what their
behaviour is like and how this affects firstly their relationship and their
surroundings
 Technique – Diction, Thematic Speech and Symbolic Representation
of Certain Aspects in the poem i.e. explain the way Stanley and Stella
communicate in the excerpt , what thematic speech is and the symbol
of alcohol.
 Evidence – Give 3 Quotes to justify the explanation and point.
Stellaaaa
he throws back his head like a baying hound and bellows his wife's name:
Then they come together with low, animal moans. He falls to his knees on the
steps and presses his face to her belly, curving a little with maternity
Crazy for each other
You whelp of a Polack,
 Reader Response – How this paints an image in the readers mind and
how we percept Stella and Stanleys Relationship

Paragraph 2 :
 Point – Blanches Irregularity and response to this situation
 Explanation – How Blanche reacts to Stanley hitting stella and how
she is so out of place in the French quarter
 Technique – Foiles , Colloquialism , Foreshadowing, Sentence
Structure
 Evidence – 3 quotes
Where is my little sister? Stella? Stella?
I'm terrified!
I'm not used to such—
Thank you for being so kind! I need kindness now.
There's so much--so much confusion in the world....
Blanche constantly taking baths
 Reader Response – How blanche symbolises a white collar in the blue
collared French Quarter even though she emotionally and mentally troubled
Paragraph 3 :
 Point – Stellas feminine dependence and her inferior nature compared to
stanley ie gender roles
 Explanation -How stella has a need for Stanley , her obsession for him , the
theme of Femninity and Dependence
 Technique – Word Choice , Metaphorical Speech
 Evidence
 Reader Response – Shows how stellas docile nature contraicts stanleys
personality.