Scene 8
- ‘How many candles you putting in that cake ‘ - blanche
- ‘Ill stop at 25 ’ - stella
- ‘She’ll go on a bus and like it’ - stanley
- ‘She’ll go, period ! . P.S she’ll go tuesday’ - stanley
Stanley :
Gender stereotypes , asserting his power
Overwhelming her
Physical violence ‘i am the king of this place ’
Power dynamics in the play
- Mitch attempts to assert power
- His tone of voice is different towards blanche in this scene
- Stanleys desire to assert more power ‘i am not a polack … so dont ever call
me a polack ’
- ‘QUIET IN THERE’ - stanley to blanche and stella , announces her ticket
back to laurel afterwards
- ‘Ticket ! Back to laurel! On the greyhound ! Tuesday!’
- Walking on eggshells around him
- ‘Mr kolwalski is too busy making a pig of himself to think of anything else!’ -
stella
- ‘Don't ever talk that way to me ! pig - polack - disgusting - vulgar - greasy !’ ,
- stanley
- valid reason to be angry , but no need to be violent physically .
- ‘Every man is a king … and i am the king around here , so don't forget ’
- Stanley feels as if he has a 1 up on blanche
- Stella and blanche having friction , ‘i wouldn't call him blanche …. I wish you
wouldn't ’
- Sexual desire
-Class and assuming commonness
-identity , prejudice , race , class , desire
- E.g mrs birling marrying down , she has her husband's social superior in AIC
- ‘Having them coloured lights going ‘ metaphor for an orgasm
- Feels as if blanche is an oppressive presence
- Manipulative ‘wasn't it all okay till she showed here ?’
- Family duty is an important tie
- ‘How many candles you putting in that cake ‘ - blanche
- ‘Ill stop at 25 ’ - stella
- ‘She’ll go on a bus and like it’ - stanley
- ‘She’ll go, period ! . P.S she’ll go tuesday’ - stanley
Stanley :
Gender stereotypes , asserting his power
Overwhelming her
Physical violence ‘i am the king of this place ’
Power dynamics in the play
- Mitch attempts to assert power
- His tone of voice is different towards blanche in this scene
- Stanleys desire to assert more power ‘i am not a polack … so dont ever call
me a polack ’
- ‘QUIET IN THERE’ - stanley to blanche and stella , announces her ticket
back to laurel afterwards
- ‘Ticket ! Back to laurel! On the greyhound ! Tuesday!’
- Walking on eggshells around him
- ‘Mr kolwalski is too busy making a pig of himself to think of anything else!’ -
stella
- ‘Don't ever talk that way to me ! pig - polack - disgusting - vulgar - greasy !’ ,
- stanley
- valid reason to be angry , but no need to be violent physically .
- ‘Every man is a king … and i am the king around here , so don't forget ’
- Stanley feels as if he has a 1 up on blanche
- Stella and blanche having friction , ‘i wouldn't call him blanche …. I wish you
wouldn't ’
- Sexual desire
-Class and assuming commonness
-identity , prejudice , race , class , desire
- E.g mrs birling marrying down , she has her husband's social superior in AIC
- ‘Having them coloured lights going ‘ metaphor for an orgasm
- Feels as if blanche is an oppressive presence
- Manipulative ‘wasn't it all okay till she showed here ?’
- Family duty is an important tie
