Primitive+or+the+primal

** SCENE ** || ** QUOTATIONS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE ** || ONE || || TWO || || THREE || || FOUR || || FIVE || || SIX || || SEVEN || || EIGHT || || NINE || Blanche says that she has made the room “almost dainty” (pg.71). This shows Blanche’s believed that Stanley and Stella lived in an uncouth, primal place. Her touches of refinement to it have made it suitable for her to live in. Mitch refers to Blanche in this scene as a “wild cat” (pg71). This reference to her is ironic as throughout the play Blanche is a symbol for the genteel south but here we see her true more primal nature being shown. || TEN || - //-“Oh! You want some rough-house! All right, let’s have some rough-house!// //He springs towards her, overturning the table, she cries out and strikes at him with the bottle top but he catches her wrist.”// From this quotation and the stage directions, Stanley’s primitive and rash nature is evident. The stage directions of “catching her wrist” foreshadow the rape and Stanley’s victory.

- The stage directions and some of the language in this scene portray Stanley to be almost animal-like. This changes the audience’s opinion of him, in the beginning of the play he seems balanced and reasonable representing the “New America”. The animal-like nature of the character seems disturbing and creates a sense of revulsion toward Stanley for taking advantage of a drunk, mentally disturbed character. He also seems more imposing in this way. “//He takes a step towards her, biting his tongue which protrudes between his lips.”// – snake like imagery, creating a tense and sinister atmosphere //“He springs towards her….”// //“Tiger-tiger//!”- He calls Blanche a tiger, as if they are fighting. //“She sinks to her knees, He picks up her inert figure and carries her to the bed.” –//His victory is represented as he carries her awa//y// || ELEVEN || ||