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A Streetcar Named Desire
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams in 1947. It tells the story of a 'damaged woman' Blanche Dubois and her relationship to her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski. When Blanche first arrives at the Kowalskis', she says she rode a streetcar named Desire, then transferred to a streetcar named Cemeteries, which brought her to a street named Elysian Fields. This allegorical journey represents the trajectory of Blanche's life.

A Streetcar Named Desire
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25 Questions

1. Why Is Stanley Upset With Stella At The Open Of Scene 2?

2. Blanche Has Been Lying To Stella? Explain The Info That Stanley Has Discovered?

3. How Does Stella Break Off The Poker Game? What Does Stanley Do Because Of This?

4. What Does Stanley Do When He Returns From The Garage? Why Is This Problematic?

5. What Information Does Stella Give To Stanley About Blanche's Past?

6. What Does Blanche Have Mitch Do With The Light? What Does This Symbolize?

7. Why Does Stanley Think Stella And Him Are Having Problems?

8. What Does Blanche Admit To Stella? Explain The Analogy She Uses In Relation To Her Confession?

9. Explain How Blanche And Stella Disagree About Relationships?

10. What Is The Purpose Of "Blue Piano"?

11. How Does Blanche Feel When She Returns To The Apartment The Night After The Poker Game? How Does Stella Defend Her Choices?

12. Describe Blanche As She Enters The Scene. Why Is She There?

13. What Is Napoleonic Code? How Is This Relevant To Stella And Stanley?

14. What Are Blanche And Stanely's Astrological Sign? What Could They Represent?

15. Who Is Losing The Game Of Poker?

16. Why Does Blanche Claimed She Married? What Did She Notice About Her Husband That Was Unusual?

17. What Does Stella Do To Stanley That Upsets Her? How Does He React?

18. What Question Does Mitch Ask Blanche In Which She Doesn't Answer?

19. What Does Blanche Do When Eunice Leaves?

20. How Is Eunice Different From Stella?

21. Where Is Belle Reve Located?

22. What Does This Quote Mean "Sometimes There's God...So Quickly."

23. What Happens To Stella At The Conclusion Of Scene 8?

24. Explain/Describe The First Interaction Between Stanley And Stella

25. What Does Blanche Scream Before Mitch Runs Away?