Pity for the Tragic Protagonist LQ: How does Tennessee Williams manage to make us pity Blanche in this scene? Pity for the Tragic Protagonist LQ: How does Tennessee Williams manage to make us pity Blanche in this scene? TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric, proleptic irony CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric, proleptic irony CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy

Gender Roles and Power LQ: How does Williams show the gender struggle through the characters and their interaction? Use the blog: Justuslearning.com > blog > + search “Streetcar” Gender Roles and Power LQ: How does Williams show the gender struggle through the characters and their interaction? Use the blog: Justuslearning.com > blog > + search “Streetcar” CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post- colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post- colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy

CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post- colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post- colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy GOOD PROGRESS: I can articulate my analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the play present struggles EXCELLENT PROGRESS: I can articulate perceptive analysis of the ways the language, structure and form present struggles in the play, using my knowledge of social and historical context OUTSTANDING PROGRESS: I can articulate perceptive and detailed analysis of the ways the language, structure and form present struggles in the play, using my knowledge of social and historical context to illuminate alternative interpretations

CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post- colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post- colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy Who seems to be the “tragic” protagonist of the play? Why? What is their “flaw”? EXT: can you connect this to social context? Who seems to be the “tragic” protagonist of the play? Why? What is their “flaw”? EXT: can you connect this to social context?

CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post- colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post- colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy Scene 6 While we are reading… 1.why is this such an awkward scene? 2. GENDER – why is Mitch’s politeless so off-putting? What does this say about our own gender politics? EXT: Structure – what effect does placing this uncomfortable scene with Mitch AFTER the violence and after the moment with the young boy?

CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post- colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post- colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy Scene 6 Then after the story about her first love: 1. What does it show about attitudes towards homosexuality 2.How much more do we sympathise now?

CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post- colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post- colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy Scene 7 Focus on the misogyny of the language and Stanley’s delight in his language. Does a contemporary audience see Blanche’s behaviour differently from a modern one? What events in the 20 th Century have allowed greater freedoms for women? Are women now free from such judgement? EXT: FORM - how do the stage directions contribute? (Blanche washing and the piano in the background)

Decide on at least five quotations worth using for our “wider reading” quotation banks. For each quotation, make sure we identify the struggle and have some terminology for each. Decide on at least five quotations worth using for our “wider reading” quotation banks. For each quotation, make sure we identify the struggle and have some terminology for each. CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post- colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post- colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy GOOD PROGRESS: I can articulate my analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the play present struggles EXCELLENT PROGRESS: I can articulate perceptive analysis of the ways the language, structure and form present struggles in the play, using my knowledge of social and historical context OUTSTANDING PROGRESS: I can articulate perceptive and detailed analysis of the ways the language, structure and form present struggles in the play, using my knowledge of social and historical context to illuminate alternative interpretations