streetcar named desire scene two
Fading southern belle blanchr dubious depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her aister stella in a crowded boisterous corner of new orleans her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with stellas crudr brutish husband Stanley. SparkNotes
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CONTENTS
General Info
Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Summary & Analysis
Scene One
Scene Two
Scene Three
Scene Four
Scene Five
Scene Six
Scene Seven
Scene Eight
Scene Nine
Scene Ten
Scene Eleven
Study Tools
Important Quotations Explained
Key Facts
Study Questions & Essay Topics
Quiz
Suggestions for Further Reading
How to Cite This SparkNote
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Tennessee Williams
←Scene Two →
Summary
There are thousands of papers, stretching back over hundreds of years, affecting Belle Reve as, piece by piece, our improvident grandfathers and father and uncles and brothers exchanged the land for their epic fornications—to put it plainly!
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It is six o’clock in the evening on the day following Blanche’s arrival. Blanche is offstage, taking a bath to soothe her nerves. When Stanley walks in the door, Stella tells him that in order to spare Blanche the company of Stanley’s poker buddies in the apartment that night, she wants to take Blanche out, to New Orleans’s French Quarter. Stella explains Blanche’s ordeal of losing Belle Reve and asks that Stanley be kind to Blanche by flattering her appearance. She also instructs Stanley not to mention the baby.
Stanley is more interested in the bill of sale from Belle Reve. Stella’s mention of the loss of Belle Reve seems to convince Stanley that Blanche’s emotional frailty is an
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Home → SparkNotes → Literature Study Guides → A Streetcar Named Desire → Scene Two
CONTENTS
General Info
Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Summary & Analysis
Scene One
Scene Two
Scene Three
Scene Four
Scene Five
Scene Six
Scene Seven
Scene Eight
Scene Nine
Scene Ten
Scene Eleven
Study Tools
Important Quotations Explained
Key Facts
Study Questions & Essay Topics
Quiz
Suggestions for Further Reading
How to Cite This SparkNote
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Tennessee Williams
←Scene Two →
Summary
There are thousands of papers, stretching back over hundreds of years, affecting Belle Reve as, piece by piece, our improvident grandfathers and father and uncles and brothers exchanged the land for their epic fornications—to put it plainly!
(See Important Quotations Explained)
It is six o’clock in the evening on the day following Blanche’s arrival. Blanche is offstage, taking a bath to soothe her nerves. When Stanley walks in the door, Stella tells him that in order to spare Blanche the company of Stanley’s poker buddies in the apartment that night, she wants to take Blanche out, to New Orleans’s French Quarter. Stella explains Blanche’s ordeal of losing Belle Reve and asks that Stanley be kind to Blanche by flattering her appearance. She also instructs Stanley not to mention the baby.
Stanley is more interested in the bill of sale from Belle Reve. Stella’s mention of the loss of Belle Reve seems to convince Stanley that Blanche’s emotional frailty is an