1. A Streetcar named desire
Scene 5
Ian Yule

2. The unravelling begins …
Stanley hints that he knows something:
“… this somebody named Shaw is under the impression that he met you in Laurel, but I figure he must have got you mixed up with some other party because this other party is someone he met at a hotel called the Flamingo.”

3. Blanche admits something of her past to Stella:
“ … I’ve run for protection, Stella, from under one leaky roof to another leaky roof – because it was storm – all storm, and I was – caught in the centre …. People don’t see you – men don’t – don’t even admit your existence unless they are making love to you.”
- reveals her fragility
- her need to be recognised and admired

4. The white shirt
Stella pours coke into Blanche’s glass and it spills over and stains her shirt
Blanche gives a piercing cry (Stage Dir)
- is the stain a symbol of Blanche’s lost innocence
- is it a reminder of her husband’s bloody end?

5. The young man A young man comes round collecting for a local newspaper
“You make my mouth water”
“I want to kiss you – just once – softly and sweetly on your mouth”
“I’ve got to be good and keep my hands off children”
- this scene reveals her sexual greed
- her inability to control her sexual emotions
- hints that she may have been formally warned in the past