Streetcar Scene 3: Use Complete Sentences to Answer the Following Questions

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Streetcar Scene 3: Use complete sentences to answer the following questions.

1. Describe the atmosphere of the poker game.

2. Explain why Blanche is interested in Mitch when she initially meets him

3. What evidence is there in scene 3 that Blanche continues to distort the truth?

4. At the end of scene 3, Blanche says that there is “so much confusion in the world.” To what recent event(s) is she referring?

5. Is Blanche always honest in the first three scenes?

6. Why does Blanche drink so much?

7. Why does Blanche bathe so often?

8. a. What happens between Stanley and Stella?

b. Does this seem to be a pattern in their relationship?

c. What does it reveal about their relationship?

d. What does it reveal about Stanley’s character?

e. What does it reveal about Stella’s character?

f. How does Blanche react to this?

g. What does this reveal about Blanche’s character?

9. Why is the word “animal” used to describe Stanley and Stella?

10. Since Blanche and Stella are sisters and share the same background, why do you think one sister is attracted to Stanley and the other is so repulsed by him?

11. How are Steve and Eunice used as a foil to the major characters, especially Stanley and Stella?

12. a. How is Mitch similar to Stanley?

b. How is Mitch different from Stanley?

c. How does Mitch respond to Blanche?

d. How does Blanche respond to Mitch?

e. Describe Mitch’s relationship with his mother.

f. Describe Mitch’s relationship with the other men.

g. What goes on between Blanche and Mitch?

h. What does this reveal about Blanche?

i. What does this reveal about Mitch?

13. What is the (symbolic) significance of the colors of the poker players’ shirts?

14. What music/song is present in this scene?

15. a. Describe the presence/influence of sexual desire that you see in the first three scenes.

b. How is the attraction between Mitch and Blanche different from the attraction between Stanley and Stella?

16. a. Discuss Blanche’s response to the light bulb.

b. Why is the paper lantern important for Blanche?