Key Quotations (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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Which approaches are equally valid for showing text knowledge in your exam?
Which approaches are equally valid for showing text knowledge in your exam?
Summarising, paraphrasing, referencing & quoting
What do paired quotations particularly help demonstrate in essays?
What do paired quotations particularly help demonstrate in essays?
Connections, changes or contrasts
What does Blanche's journey through 'Desire' to 'Cemeteries' allegorically represent?
What does Blanche's journey through 'Desire' to 'Cemeteries' allegorically represent?
Her social death & banishment
What does 'improvident' mean when Blanche describes her DuBois ancestors?
What does 'improvident' mean when Blanche describes her DuBois ancestors?
Lacking foresight, not planning ahead
How is Stanley described in the stage directions regarding his masculinity?
How is Stanley described in the stage directions regarding his masculinity?
A richly feathered male bird among hens
What does the paper lantern over the light bulb symbolise for Blanche?
What does the paper lantern over the light bulb symbolise for Blanche?
The illusion she creates around herself
What does Blanche say she wants instead of realism in Scene 9?
What does Blanche say she wants instead of realism in Scene 9?
Magic and illusion
What does Stella's line 'I couldn't believe her story and go on living with Stanley' reveal?
What does Stella's line 'I couldn't believe her story and go on living with Stanley' reveal?
She chooses a convenient fiction to survive
Why does Mitch say 'Poker shouldn't be played in a house with women'?
Why does Mitch say 'Poker shouldn't be played in a house with women'?
He blames the game, not Stanley's violence
What irony exists in Blanche's final line about 'the kindness of strangers'?
What irony exists in Blanche's final line about 'the kindness of strangers'?
Dependence on strangers caused her downfall