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| Stella's husband of Polish descent, middle height, powerful build. Once in the army. Hates and Rapes Blanche in the end |
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| "Animal joy being implicit in all his motions and attitudes." |
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| he is a powerful, compact man, with very raw emotions. A type of salt of the earth. very low class, without the refinement of the upper class. He is very rough and crude. |
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| A city of strong cultural mix (cajun). Characteristics are jazz and blues, drunkenness, cuisine and race mixing. A lot of French influences as well. |
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| The god of wine and parties. |
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| Streetcar's treatment of exposition |
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| the exposition is shown through stage directions as well as through the dialogue. |
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| Stanley animal joy being implicit in all is motions and attitudes. Blanche a moth. Party of apes. Blanche is a cougar. The Flamingo assumed, The Tarantula's arms in actuality. parrot joke. |
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| expressionism. also, sets the mood. Blanche's illusion in soft light. daylight, nighttime, etc. |
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| Whoever you are I've always depended on the kindness of strangers. |
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| Blanche turns to the intamicies with strangers as compensation for the deaths that have plagued her and the loss of Belle Reve. |
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