P.G. : 89

A Streetcar Named Desire (13)

Tonight I have finished reading scene 11 and the play A Sreetcar Named Desire. This last scene is extremely awkward. Stella is now home with the baby, and had been told by Blanche what has happened. I'm guessing that Stella refused to believe it or something because she is still with Stanley, and Eunice tells her that things must go on being the same. Blanche is getting ready to leave and Stella is helping her pack her things, Stella and Eunice are purposely giving her compliments to sooth her. Blanche apparently thinks she is leaving to go on a cruise with her friend Shep Huntleigh. But it seems as if Stella and Stanley have something else planned because Stella does not want her to leave, and Eunice mentions something about people coming. So they hold her off until a man and woman show up at the door, Blanche is excited to think it is Shep but it turns out to be these people she doesn't know. The man is a Doctor and the woman is a Matron, and they are there to take her away for no other reason then to put her in an Insane Asylum. They have trouble with her first but the Doctor calms her and gets her to leave pretty peacefully. Stella is freaking out about them taking away Blanche, but Stanley, I guess calms her down, I don't really know, and the play ends. I liked this play because it was just very exciting. Between Stanley's violent mood swings with smashing silver ware, radio's, and even raping Blanche, to Blanche being out of her mind and ended up being put into an Insane Asylum. You just never expect any of this at the beginning which is a total turn. Anyway I enjoyed it. Moving on.

A Streetcar Named Desire (12)

Tonight I have finished reading scene 10 of streetcar. This scene is really calm at the beginning. It takes place at the house and Blanche is dressing as if she were a queen. Stanley walks in and starts talking to her, this is when she says she got a wire from a friend to go on a cruise. She acts excited but there is the hint of lies. Stanley is on to this from the beginning, and when Blanche lies about Mitch begging her forgiveness he snaps and starts screaming at her, calling her out on every end. There is a couple moments after this where Stanley goes into the bathroom, and Blanche calls the operator for help. Stanley comes out and she leaves the phone off the hook, they start talking about that, and then he gets in the way of her and the door to leave. They fight a bit and he kind of scares her into the bedroom, where she tries to hurt him but he wins and takes her to the bed to obviously rape her by the text being used. I'll continue.

P.G. : 89

P.G. : 89

P.G. : 89

P.G. : 89

A Streetcar Named Desire (11)

Tonight, I have finished reading scene 9 of streetcar. It is a very unclear scene and it starts by Mitch showing up to see Blanche while I guess that Stella and Stanley are still at the hospital. Mitch comes in, and hes had a few drinks and hes in an obvious bad mood. Blanche is pretty much playing stupid and trying to figure out what is wrong with Mitch, but I think she knows. She offers a drink to him to get him comfortable and maybe chill a little bit, but he refuses because he knows it's Stanley's liquor. From this point on he begins to tell her what he has found out about her from Stanley and two other guys. She doesn't seem to be too shocked and she practically admits it, but she does it in a very convincing way of like please don't leave me. And then, for the rest of this scene I do not understand because she starts ranting on and on about random events in her life, and it just makes no sense to me. But at the end, Mitch comes to her and she pretty much asks him to marry her and he said shes not clean enough to be in his house with his mother. So she gets enraged and tells him to just leave then. I don't know why he just stands there, like if you don't like her, and you don't want to marry her, why are you still standing next to her. And to get him to leave she starts screaming fire, and the scene ends. I'll finish streetcar tomorrow night.

P.G. : 89

P.G. : 89

A Streetcar Named Desire (11)

Tonight, I have finished reading scene 8 of streetcar. Not much happens in this scene. Stella is depressed from what she has heard from Stanley, I think Stanley just can't wait until Blanche leaves. Blanche knows something is wrong, but she puts on a fake smile and pretends as if it is nothing. She tries to tell a story to get everyone laughing but it doesn't work at all. Stella asks Stanley to help her clear the table, and Stanley pretty much flips and smashes his plate and cup on the floor. And because Mitch did not show up, Blanche calls him but there is no answer. After this Stanley comes and gives Blanche a ticket to leave on Tuesday to go back to Laurel. I personally really think that is a bit harsh, but at the same time not. I think Blanche really needs to get out of there, for her own sake, Stella's, and Stanley's. But I think given her past in Laurel, Stanley should have gotten her a ticket somewhere else for a fresh, fresh start. And this scene ends with Stella telling Stanley to take her to the hospital, so we can assume she is having her baby. Well, I'll continue on.

P.G. : 89

P.G. : 89

A Streetcar Named Desire (10)

Tonight I have finished reading scene 7 of streetcar. Now is where Blanche's business and lying is finally revealed. I, personally, believe it what Stanley has told Stella. Basically, Stanley tells her that Blanche has been living in Laurel, going on dates with every guy she sees, she has had issues at the hotel Flamingo to the point where they have kicked her out, and she also had an affair with a young high school student, and got fired for that too. And then she came and lied to everyone here. Stella at first is defensive of Blanche and tells Stanley about her dead husband being homosexual. He kind of just shrugs his shoulders to it. But by now, I think it is actually starting to hit Stella that it is true, because she starts getting a bit down and uncomfortable around Blanche. And Blanche notices, but this ends the scene. I think its time for Blanche to get the hell out of there before Stanley flips out or maybe before even Stella cracks. Well, I'll continue.

A Streetcar Named Desire (9)

Tonight, I have finished reading scene 6 of Streetcar. In this scene Blanche and Mitch are coming back from their date, I guess coming back from a carnival of some sort. There is an awkwardness and it is obvious that Mitch is insecure about the date and that Blanche didn't seem to like it. She explains that she tried to have a good time and that a woman needs to keep control over her emotions. Mitch seems irritated but I'm not really sure. They go into the house and talk about nonsense, like each others weight, and Mitch begins to tell her about his dieing mother and that she wanted to know Blanche's age because she wants Mitch to settle down before she dies. This leads into the moment I have been waiting for when she tell Mitch, and me, about what happened with her husband. Apparently, she fell in deep love with him, but she always thought there was something off about him. And it turns out that she caught him in bed with a man! So there you go, he is gay. Well, she tried to act like it was nothing and all three of them drove out to a club and there was dancing and it was nice until Blanche admits that she saw him, and that he disgusts her. He ends up running out and shooting himself. So Blanche, I'm sure, feels like she is the inciting action of his death. Which it all makes sense why she goes after young men still, and why she is having a hard time getting the feeling of loving someone back, Mitch offers that they need each other, but I'm not sure what she says back. Well, I'll continue reading.

P.G. : 89

A Streetcar Named Desire (8)

Tonight, I have finished reading scene 5 of streetcar. In this scene it starts out with Eunice and Steve getting into a little fight, and Stella, Blanche, and Stanley all treat it lightly because they know it won't last long. Blanche is getting more and more nervous and reckless. Stanley has apparently heard some gossip about Blanche, but she denies it, but from the way she acts it's definitely true. Then Blanche gets a bit insecure and starts grinding Stella if she had heard anything bad about her, and that leads into Blanche admitting that she wants to be with Mitch, but she has the idea that he wouldn't want her if he knew her real age or something like that. Eventually Eunice and Steve come back together with everything alright and then Stella and Stanley leave. Blanche is left alone and a young man collecting money for the newspaper comes in. Its obvious that she is attracted to him by the way she keeps making excuses for him to stay and then kisses him! But she then she gets rid of him. So it was a bit pointless but probably just for her entertainment. And then Mitch comes in and the scene ends. I'll keep reading.

P.G. : 89