![]() Characters: Stella (Speaker), Blanche (Speaker).#14: Stanley is Polish, you know…Oh, yes, They’re something like Irish, aren’t they? #13: You left nothing here but spilt talcum and old empty perfume bottles–unless it’s the paper lantern you want to take with you. #12: There isn’t a goddamn thing but imagination!…And lies and conceit and tricks! Techniques: Parallel syntax, contrast, anecdote.Characters: Blanche (Speaker), Stanley (Speaker).But people like you abused her, and forced her to change. Nobody, nobody, was tender and trusting as she was. Techniques: Tricolon, contrast, exclamatory language, biblical allusion.And if that’s sinful, then let me be damned for it! I don’t tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. #9: It’s only a paper moon, just as phony as it can be–But it wouldn’t be make-believe if you believed in me! Techniques: Superlative, hyperbole, metaphor, motif.It was like you suddenly turned a blinding light on something that had always been half in shadow, that’s how it struck the world for me. All at once and much, much too completely. #8: When I was sixteen, I made the discovery – love. Techniques: Literary allusion, symbolism, epizeuxis.Characters: Blanche (Speaker), Young Man.#7: Young man! Young, young, young man! Has anyone ever told you that you look like a young Prince out of the Arabian Nights? Techniques: Metaphor, consonance, motif, juxtaposition, onomatopoeia.#6: What you are talking about is brutal desire–just–Desire!–the name of that rattle-trap street-car that bangs through the Quarter. Techniques: Parallel syntax, juxtaposition.#5: There’s so much-so much confusion in the world… Thank you for being so kind! I need kindness now. ![]() Techniques: Characterisation, juxtaposition, motif.#4: When she comes in, be sure to say something nice about her appearance … And admire her dress and tell her she’s looking wonderful. Techniques: Metaphor, contrast, characterisation.But there’s no door between the two rooms, and Stanley-will it be decent? Techniques: Metaphor, motif, biblical allusion.#2: Turn that over-light off! Turn that off! I won’t be looked at in this merciless glare. #1: Oh, you can’t describe someone you’re in love with! Download our list of quotes from A Streetcar Named Desire here! ![]()
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