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Scene 1

• We meet the residents of Elysian Fields: an introduction to


New Orleans life
• Blanche arrives: she is immediately out of place
• Blanche’s backstory and character
• Stanley and Blanche’s first meeting
We meet the residents of Elysian
Fields
• What atmosphere is created by the blue
piano, bright colours and multicultural
neighbourhood?
• Note your first impressions of:
• Stanley and Stella
• Eunice and Steve
• Mitch
• The negro woman
Blanche arrives: she is immediately
out of place

• Make notes about:


• Her behaviour as she enters the scene and
sees Elysian Fields
• Her attitude and behaviour towards Eunice
• Her drinking
Blanche’s backstory and character
• Why does Blanche say she has come to stay with Stella and Stanley?
• How is the relationship between Stella and Blanche presented in this
opening scene?
• How Blanche speaks to Stella
• How Stella speaks to Blanche
• What are Blanche’s criticisms of the apartment?
• What are her attitudes towards Stanley – before even meeting him?
• What does Blanche reveal in her outburst, and whom does she blame?
• Comment on the audience’s reactions to this, based on our impressions of
Blanche, her drinking and her comments about class.
Stanley and Blanche’s first meeting
• Why is the scene tense before Stanley
enters?
• Blanche’s behaviour
• Previous dialogue: Blanche and Stella
• How is Stanley characterised as he
enters the scene?
• Where do we see dramatic irony?
• Why do Blanche and Stanley’s
sensibilities clash?

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