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1. What do these creatures make you think or feel?

2. What is it? Context

3. What might the colours tell us? What is implied about the country?

4. What do you learn about New Orleans? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQRNkpGkT2Y

5. History

6. A New America WW2 finished in 1945. The play was set two years later. American men had travelled to Europe, fought and many had died. They returned with a different attitude to those in previous decades. How do you think they felt?How did this impact on society?

7. The Plot Blanche comes to visit her sister Stella who is newly married and living in a small flat with her new husband. The sisters were from a family that was once wealthy but have lost their large house. Blanche arrives in New Orleans and is shocked by her surroundings.

8. How does Williams present Blanche as an outsider in the opening of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’? Language Stage directions Context Critics/film interpretations

9. Close Reading Annotate in pencil: How is Blanche presented as an outsider? Metaphor Simile Personification Anthropomorphism Costume Hesitations and pauses

10. How does the film add to our understanding of Blanche?

11. How does Williams present Blanche as an outsider in the opening of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’? In addition to her alcoholism, Blanche’s mental fragility makes her an outsider to the rest of the characters in the play. Once left alone in the Kowalski’s apartment, she starts talking to herself ‘I’ve got to keep a hold of myself!’ , Williams ’ use of the metaphor suggests that she is struggling to maintain self control. T he stage directions describe Blanche as saying this ‘faintly ’; perhaps she is fearful of anyone hearing her as this would contradict the façade of arrogance and strength she is trying to construct. The use of the exclamation here further underlines the audience’s suspicion that Blanche is under stress and extremely uncomfortable in her new surroundings.

12. How does Williams present Blanche as an outsider in the opening of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’? Shared writing Use the support

13. Summer assignment