"A Streetcar Named Desire" - Based on scenes 4-7 DUE on 9/29: PREPARE FOR A MAJOR FISHBOWL!

"A Streetcar Named Desire - Based on scenes 4-7

In Your NOTEBOOK: PREPARE FOR A  MAJOR FISHBOWL ON THURSDAY : WE WILL COVER BOTH ASSIGNMENTS AND ALL SCENES IF POSSIBLE!!

1. Describe the poker scene. How does the poker scene exemplify one or more of the themes introduced in class?

2. Watch the clip- Poker Scene and More

http://youtu.be/BsVxmk9pq2Y

3. After the Poker Scene
Famous Scene
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http://youtu.be/S1A0p0F_iH8

4.  What do you think of Blanche? What do you think of Stanley? (Provide one concrete example and quote to support your ideas for each character.)



5. If illusion means " to create an alternate version of something" and illusions stem from wants and desires, then , what do you suppose Blanche desires? provide concrete examples to support your ideas.


6. In Scene 6, Blanche tells her story to Mitch and blames herself for many things. What happens to people when they experience trauma? What type of suffering does this entail for Blanche?


 7.Choose one theme from my introductory lecture and find two examples within the selected scenes. You have the option to discuss motif.

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What to look forward to.... 10/4
Lecture: "Desire" and "Perception"

Introduction to :
Published Writing #2 / Paper #1

I will TRY to have Pub 1 grades back the week of the 10/4.