Plot Summary (Edexcel A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Main character arriving in New Orleans
Main character arriving in New Orleans
Blanche DuBois, former schoolteacher
Setting of the play
Setting of the play
Kowalski's two-room apartment in New Orleans
What Blanche lost to foreclosure
What Blanche lost to foreclosure
Belle Reve, the family's ancestral plantation home
Stanley Kowalski's occupation
Stanley Kowalski's occupation
Auto-parts supply man
Tragedy of Blanche's young husband
Tragedy of Blanche's young husband
Committed suicide after she criticized his homosexuality
What Stanley reveals about Blanche's past in Laurel
What Stanley reveals about Blanche's past in Laurel
Lived in disreputable motel, affair with teenage student
What Mitch represents for Blanche
What Mitch represents for Blanche
Last chance at security and respectability
Stanley's birthday gift to Blanche
Stanley's birthday gift to Blanche
One-way bus ticket back to Laurel
What Stanley does to Blanche after she rejects him
What Stanley does to Blanche after she rejects him
Rapes her
Where Blanche is taken at the end
Where Blanche is taken at the end
To an asylum