Scene Eleven - Quotations
Literature in English: Cambridge International GCSE A Streetcar Named Desire, topic 8.1.11
Key Quotations from Scene Eleven
Weeks later, at another poker game at the Kowalski apartment, Stella and her neighbour, Eunice, are packing Blanche's belongings.
"On vacation"
- The audience learns that Blanche has suffered a complete mental breakdown and is going to be committed to a mental hospital. Stella covers this by saying that Blanche is going "on vacation".
"Kindness of strangers"
- When the doctor arrives, Blanche goes willingly with him, saying: “Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers”.
"Seven-card stud"
- The final line of the play is from Steve: “This game is seven-card stud.”
- This seems to indicate that despite what has happened, Stella will continue to tolerate Stanley’s "brutal" desire and distrust Blanche.
- It seems Stanley is unlikely to be prosecuted. So he appears to have gotten away with his actions. Steve’s final line seems to re-assert the dominance of men and the patriarchal order.
Test yourself on Scene Eleven - Quotations
What does Steve say of the poker game at the end of Scene Eleven?