A Streetcar Named Desire Questions and Answers
What is the significance of the title of A Streetcar Named Desire?
In A Streetcar Named Desire, how is Belle Reve significant?
What is the significance of the street vendor at the end of scene 9 in A Streetcar Named Desire?
What is the significance of the two poker games in A Streetcar Named Desire?
In A Streetcar Named Desire, what does Blanche mean by "Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers"?
How are family bonds presented in A Streetcar Named Desire?
How would you describe the relationship between Stanley and Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire? After reading the book, I came to the conclusion that theirs was an abusive partnership, but I feel that there are other perspectives which I would greatly appreciate.
In A Streetcar Named Desire, what does Elysian Fields symbolize?
Why does Blanche's husband kill himself in A Streetcar Named Desire?
How is plastic theater used in A Streetcar Named Desire?
What is the function of Stella's pregnancy and the newborn baby?
How old is Blanche DuBois?
What reasons does Stella have to stay with Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire?
Does Blanche lie about her age in A Streetcar Named Desire?
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Why does Stella stay in the abusive marriage with Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire?
Blanche declares, "I never was hard or self-sufficient enough. When people are soft—soft people have got to shimmer and glow—they've got to put on soft colors, the colors of butterfly wings, and put a—paper lantern over the light. . . . It isn't enough to be soft. You've got to be soft and attractive. And I—I'm fading now! I don't know how much longer I can turn the trick." Given what you know of the ending of A Streetcar Named Desire, what is Blanche referring to by "turn the trick"? What is the significance of the "paper lantern" in this passage?
How do Blanche's costumes in A Streetcar Named Desire demonstrate a different persona that effects her own tragedy?
What is the symbol of the searchlight in A Streetcar Named Desire? Blanche: "I’d suddenly said--“I saw! I know! You disgust me” And then the searchlight which had been turned on the world was turned off again and never for one moment since has there been any light that’s stronger than this - kitchen - candle…"
In Scene 5 of A Streetcar Named Desire, why does Blanche kiss the young man?
What does Blanche's baths symbolize in A Streetcar Named Desire?
How does Mitch compare and contrast with Stanley? How does he respond to Blanche? How does Blanche respond to him? Discuss his relationship with his mother and the other men.
What is Blanche's internal conflict in A Streetcar Named Desire?
Compare Blanche and Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire.
In what way does Blanche symbolize the Old South and Stanley the North in A Streetcar Named Desire?
What does light symbolize in A Streetcar Named Desire?
In Scene 8, who is Huey Long and why would Stanley admire him?
Who does Blanche blame for her problems?
Blanche says death is the opposite of desire. What does she mean?
As A Streetcar Named Desire concludes, Blanche delivers her final soliloquy, in which she speaks of her death. Close read this passage, accounting for the symbolism of the unwashed grape, white sack, and blue sea. Explain what Blanche's motive might be in speaking her death wish aloud.
In A Streetcar Named Desire, is there a quote which refers to Blanche Dubois as a cat with a tin attached to its tail?
How is deception presented in A Streetcar Named Desire?
In A Streetcar Named Desire, what does Blanche mean by, "I don't want realism, I want magic"?
How is Blanche a tragic heroine in A Streetcar Named Desire?
In scene 2, Stanley mentions the “Napoleonic Code” repeatedly, in reference to his “rights” to his wife’s property; in scene 8, he quotes the Louisiana governor and demagogue Huey Long “‘Every Man is a King!’ And I am the king around here, so don’t forget it!” What do his political heroes say about Stanley, and how does Williams use these references to characterize him?
Assess the significance of why Blanche would feel guilty regarding the story about Allan Grey's death.
Is Blanche DuBois a victim or a villain?
In A Streetcar Named Desire, what does Blanche tell Stanley about illusion and truth and what truth does she reveal?
How is A Streetcar Named Desire a tragedy?
Provide an explanation of the multiple ironies of this passage from scene 4, where Blanche lays out her objections to Stanley.
In A Streetcar Named Desire, when Williams writes that Blanche resembles a moth, is there meaning in this description?
What does the title of A Streetcar Named Desire refer to?
What is the moral of A Streetcar Named Desire?
How would you characterize the essential differences between the Kowalskis' and the DuBois's worlds in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire?
Is Stanley attracted to Blanche?
How does Blanche feel about loosing Belle Reve in A Streetcar Named Desire?
What are the tensions between Blanche and Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire?
What are the symbols in A Streetcar Named Desire?
What are some quotes that suggest the rape in A Streetcar Named Desire?
Why does Blanche avoid strong light?
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