A Streetcar Named Desire Quotes

Instability:

• "She presses her knuckles nervously to her lips."
• "paper lantern over the lamp"
• "The Moth"

Seduction:

• "Would you think it possible I was once considered to be - attractive?"
• "Sprays him with it."

Cultural Values:

• "Southern Belle"
• "her appearence entirely contrasts with Stella's"

Deception:

• "I want to deceive him enough to make him - want me"
• "My Rosenkavalier"

Chauvinist:

• "loud whack of his hand on her thigh"
• "low whistle" 

Dominating:

• "the country place was disposed of.."
• "coloured shirts, solid blue, a purple, a red - and - white check, a light green.."
• "Hesitates, licking his lips"

Violence:

• "Stanley charges after Stella"
• "kicks", "rips" ,"hurls"

Northen Modernism:

• I am willing to bet you"
• "wasn't we happy together, wasn't it all okay till she showed here?"

Ancestry:

• "Rhinestone tiara"
• "Mr Kowalski is too busy making a pig of himself to think of anything else"

Sibling Protection:

• "there's not a word of truth in it"
• "people like you abused her, and forced her to change"

Self aware of surroundings:

• "There are things about my sister I don't approve of- things that caused sorrow at home. She was always- flighty!"
• "drunk - animal thing you!"

Lack of Control in relationship:

• "helplessly"
• "I couldn't believe her story and go on living with Stanley"

Opression: 

• "Hurry back and we'll fix you a sugar- ***."
• "he'll deposit them one by one in a piggy bank his mother give him for christmas."

Feministic:

• "I told my mother how nice you were, and I liked you."

Lack of Confidence:

• "Can I - uh - kiss you - goodnight?"
• "coughing a little shyly"

Change of Character:

• "He draws his foot up on the bed and stares at her contemptuously."
• "let's turn the light on here."

Seduction:

• "If I didn't know that you was my wife's sister I'd get ideas about you!"
  
• "Would you think it possible that I was once considered to be- attractive?"
• "Voulez-vous chouchez avec moi ce soir?.. Vous ne comprenez pas? Ah, quel dommage!"

Danger and lust:

• "what you are talking about is Brutal Desire- just- desire!"
• "loud whack of his hand on her thigh"

Northern Modernism:

• "Sunlight ... serene ... tranquility" ( scene 4 setting)
• "red hots"

Passion:

• "STELL-LAAHHHH"
• "Falls to his knees"

Blanche's homosexual husband: 

• "locomotive is heard approaching outside.. hands to her ears and crouches over."
• " -a shot!"

Escapism:

• "she tinkles her highball glass."
• "I ought to go there on a rocket that never comes down"

Blanche 's mental death

• "I can smell the sea air ... die ... my first lovers eyes!"
• "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.. lead her as if she were blind"

Belle Reve:

• "blood- stained pillow slips"
• "Death is expensive... which of them left us a fortune? Which of them left a cent of insurence even?"

Destruction:

• "The moth...paper lantern"
• "Lurid reflections appear on the walls in odd, sinuous shapes .. cries and noises of the jungle"

Escapism:

• "your fix is worst that mine"
• "I can smeel the sea air ... die ... my first lover's eyes!"

New Oreans setting:

• "Eunice shrieks with laughter and runs down the steps."
• "poker should not be played in a house with women."

Relationships:

• "Stanley charges at Stella"
• "what you are talking about is Brutal Desire - just - Desire!"

Characterisation of Stanley:

• "Loud whack of his hand on her thigh"
• "Low whistle"

Characterisation of Mitch:

• "Can I - uh - kiss you - goodnight?"
• "He draws his foot up and stares at her contemptuously"

Sexual Desire:

• "offers him her lips ... He ignores it and pushes past"
• "STELLLL -AHHHH ...falls to his knees"

Women:

• "poker should not be played in a house with women
• "the country place was disposed of..."

Power:

• "Honey"
• "Sweetie"

Strength:

• "Let Blanche finish dressing"

Ownership and Control:

• "The Country place was disposed of..."
• "I heard about you and that blonde!"

Blanche:

• "white suit"
• "fluffy bodice, necklace and earrings or pearl, white gloves and hat."

Blanche and Stanley's relationship:

• "survivor of the stoneage"
• "her appearence entirely contrasts with Stella's"

Spontinuity:

• "Eunice shrieks with laughter and runs down the steps"
• "Stanley charges after Stella"

Each character represents elements of all:

• Stanley:"I am willing to bet you"
• Stella : "Mr Kowalski is too busy making a pig of himself to think of anything else"
• Blanche: "The kind that get lost immedietly, on a first date"

The southern values are destryed by the northern.

• "Stella is packing Blanche's things."
• "Our ways of life are too different. Our attitudes and our backgrounds are incompatible."

Lies:

• "I'm not accustomed to having more than one drink."
• "Yes, Blanche is. She's going on a vacation."

Secrets:

• "I can't stand a naked light bulb."
• "bobby-soxers and drug-store Romeos"

Manipulation:

• "She's very run down"
• "I want to decieve him enough to make him want me.

Betrayal:

• "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers ... lead her as if she were blind"
• "Stella is packing Blanche's things."