1. Write a Haiku to summarise:
Streetcar
Tess
Othello
Thousand Splendid

2. A Street Car Named Desire Revision: Scene One: Setting
To know the significance of setting in Scene one.
To understand the introduction of character in Scene one.
To be able to analyse scene one in relation to the whole play.

3. Setting Scene One
Scene one begins in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
This is a mixture of cultures, races and languages.
It is a poor area but a place full of life.
10 minute essay
Considering the key themes and ideas explored in the play why does Williams use this setting and description to open his play?

4. Setting Scene One
Blanche takes two streetcars before arriving at Elysian Fields.
Desire
Cemeteries
Elysian Fields is the name for the land of the dead in Greek mythology.
10 minute essay
In what ways do the names of the two streetcars and her final destination mirror the journey of Blanche’s own life?

5. Setting Scene One
Blanche and Eunice discuss Belle Reve briefly at the start of Scene one.
Belle Reve is French for Beautiful Dream.
Explain the Irony of this name.
10 minute essay
Explore how Belle Reve is symbolic of the character of Blanche?

6. Write a Movie tagline to summarise:
Streetcar
Tess
Othello
Thousand Splendid

7. What do we learn about the relationship between the two sisters in this opening exchange?
What do you notice about the way Blanche interacts with her sister? Is it sisterly?
What is the significance of the stage directions in this extract?
BLANCHE:
Stella, oh, Stella, Stella! Stella for Star!
[She begins to speak with feverish vivacity as if she feared for either of them to stop and think. They catch each other in a spasmodic embrace.]
Now, then, let me look at you. But don't you look at me, Stella, no, no, no, not till later, not till I've bathed and rested! And turn that over-light off! Turn that off! I won't be looked at in this merciless glare!
[Stella laughs and complies]
Come back here now! Oh, my baby! Stella! Stella for Star!
[She embraces her again]
I thought you would never come back to this horrible place! What am I saying? I didn't mean to say that. I meant to be nice about it and say--Oh, what a convenient location and such--Haa-ha! Precious lamb! You haven't said a word to me.
STELLA:
You haven't given me a chance to, honey!
[She laughs, but her glance at Blanche is a little anxious.]
Well, now you talk. Open your pretty mouth and talk while I look around for some liquor! I know you must have some liquor on the place! Where could it be, I wonder? Oh, I spy, I spy!
[She rushes to the closet and removes the bottle; she is shaking all over and panting for breath as she tries to laugh. The bottle nearly slips from her grasp.]

8. Why is the use of form/stage directions so exaggerated and prescriptive?
BLANCHE:
Stella, oh, Stella, Stella! Stella for Star!
[She begins to speak with feverish vivacity as if she feared for either of them to stop and think. They catch each other in a spasmodic embrace.]
Now, then, let me look at you. But don't you look at me, Stella, no, no, no, not till later, not till I've bathed and rested! And turn that over-light off! Turn that off! I won't be looked at in this merciless glare!
[Stella laughs and complies]
Come back here now! Oh, my baby! Stella! Stella for Star!
[She embraces her again]
I thought you would never come back to this horrible place! What am I saying? I didn't mean to say that. I meant to be nice about it and say--Oh, what a convenient location and such--Haa-ha! Precious lamb! You haven't said a word to me.
STELLA:
You haven't given me a chance to, honey!
[She laughs, but her glance at Blanche is a little anxious.]
Well, now you talk. Open your pretty mouth and talk while I look around for some liquor! I know you must have some liquor on the place! Where could it be, I wonder? Oh, I spy, I spy!
[She rushes to the closet and removes the bottle; she is shaking all over and panting for breath as she tries to laugh. The bottle nearly slips from her grasp.]

9. I can’t believe Othello killed you Des you were pretty much brand new
Rewrite the ‘Shape of you’ chorus lyrics to summarise one of our exam texts:
Tess
Thousand
Othello
Streetcar
Follow these rules.
4 lines
8 syllables in lines 1-3
7 syllables in the last line
AAAB rhyme scheme
One syllable rhyme
End the last line with a word ending in Y
I'm in love with the shape of you We push and pull like a magnet do Although my heart is falling too I'm in love with your body
I can’t believe Othello killed you
Des you were pretty much brand new
Now Iago’s plan has come true
All because of Jealousy.

10. A Street Car Named Desire Revision: Exemplar responses
To know the exam criteria
To understand what makes a successful response.
To be able to self and peer assess.

11. The questions
Firstly, spend 20 minutes discussing what the candidate could explore in the question. Create a series of bullet points to cover indicative content. F G

12. Indicative Content – ideas, interpretations, key moments, quotes + Context you would expect to find.
Question F – Desire
Addiction
Williams + Society
Sexual desire
Cleanliness and purity
Metaphor of the Streetcar
American Dream
Youth/Age
“Delicate beauty must avoid a strong light.”
Attention
Redemption
Relationships – Stella + Stan
Question G – illusion and reality
Hearing music/voices
“She has a tragic radiance in her red satin robe.” - Symbolism
Bathing - escapism
Shep Huntleigh - Fantasy
Polka Music + Blue Moon Song
Belle Reve
Dark + Light motif
Paper lantern – illusion + Reality
Setting - Flat vs Asylum
American Dream
Williams – freedom of speech + insane sister

13. Exemplar Material
We are going to mark/moderate two exemplar responses. You need to give each piece a score, WWW and EBI.

17. Level 5 candidate What are they doing better than me…
Fluently + Chronological structure
Sophisticated vocabulary – visceral
Revision – Knowing your text very well
Context – know it, use it, link it + evaluate it (impact of the context)
Quoting the question – clear links.
Multiple quotes – multiple uses – support or analysis.
AO2 – Is not just language – form + structure

18. Self assessment
Based on what we have read today and the list we have compiled give yourself a score out of 25. Annotate your essay with ideas from our list. The ones missing are your EBIs – write them at the end.

19. A Street Car Named Desire Revision: Intertextuality and Critics
To know the a range of intertextual links.
To understand the intertextual links.
To be able to evaluate the relevance of critics.

20. Intertextuality 1 2 3 4 Sonnet 43 of Victorian poet Elizabeth
Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese, published in 1850.
Huey Long
"Remember what Huey Long said: -- 'Every man is a king!'" ~ Stanley (Act Three, Scene Two)
Huey Long was the governor of Louisiana from 1928 to He was nicknamed "Kingfish" because, as he said himself, "I'm asmall fish here in Washington. But I'm the Kingfish to the folks down in the Louisiana.“
Long was a radical populist, championing the cause of the "little man" and fighting against
big business.
Long was a charismatic and controversial figure. His radical ideas were divisive, causing
some people to consider him a hero while others branded him a dictator. He was assassinated in 1935 by Dr. Carl A. Weiss, a physician.
In Streetcar, Stanley references Huey Long's famous political slogan, "Every Man a King."
Long recorded a song based on it which he planned to use in his campaign. 4

21. Critics
Score each Critic reference out of 10 (10 being the highest) for how useful and relevant they are.
Do you agree with the critic? Why/Why not?
What exam topics could the reference be used for?

22. Complete your DIRT target
Attempt to add one of our critical references
Complete the tragic annotation of Scene 1
Fluently + Chronological structure
Sophisticated vocabulary – visceral
Revision – Knowing your text very well
Context – know it, use it, link it + evaluate it (impact of the context)
Quoting the question – clear links.
Multiple quotes – multiple uses – support or analysis.
AO2 – Is not just language – form + structure

23. Scene One
As the play opens, it is a hot summer afternoon in a run-down
neighborhood just outside the French Quarter in New Orleans. Eunice Hubbell is
sitting outside, taking the air with the Negro woman - one of her neighbors.
Blanche DuBois arrives, looking for her sister, Stella, but is taken aback by the
less-than-refined surroundings. Eunice lets Blanche into the Kowalski
apartment, then leaves her alone while she goes to fetch Stella. When she
returns, the sisters greet each other joyfully. Blanche chastises Stella for her
poor living conditions, continuing to be very vague about why she has come to
visit. Eventually, Blanche confesses that she has left her job because of a
nervous breakdown, and that she has lost their family plantation home, Belle
Reve - no thanks to Stella, who moved to New Orleans years before, leaving
Blanche alone to deal with these hardships. Stella starts crying and goes into
the bathroom to wash her face, and as she goes out, Stanley comes in. Blanche
seems immediately uncomfortable and fearful of him, though he tries to make
conversation. He mentions that Stella said she used to be married, and asks
what happened. Blanche admits that her young husband died, then sinks into a
chair, distraught. The "Varsouviana" polka music fills her head as the lights dim.

24. If they were an animal what would they be and why?
Characterisation
If they were an animal what would they be and why?
Where would they go on holiday?
How would they walk?
How would they stand?
Who would you be friends with?
Kill or Marry?

25. A Street Car Named Desire Revision: Scene Two: Stanley
To know how Stanley is presented.
To understand why his presented that way.
To be able comment on the characterisation of Stanley.

26. What is Stanley’s Role in the play?

27. How does Williams establish Stanley’s character in Scene 2?
Create a mind map to answer the question – find quotes to support each idea.
Ext: Add any critics or context that are relevant.
Stanley
Tone?
Priorities?
Masculinity?
Actions/Movements?
Symbolic of?
Use of language?
How does Williams establish Stanley’s character in Scene 2?

28. Copy this quote and Annotate it for links.
Authorial Context
How is this the case?
Copy this quote and Annotate it for links.

29. A Street Car Named Desire Revision: Symbols/Motifs
To know the key symbols and Motifs.
To understand their purpose.
To be able comment on the significance of the Symbol/Motif.

30. Symbols and Motifs What is does the symbol or Motif represent?
Find a quote
Make a contextual link
Ext: Any other relevant Symbols/Motifs?

31. A Street Car Named Desire Revision: Scene 3
To know the
To understand
To be able comment on the

32. What does the picture suggest about…
Thomas Hart Benton ‘1948’
Scene 3
What does the picture suggest about…
Stanley’s position within the group.
Blanche’s expectations vs. Her behaviour.
Sexism

33. How Accurate is the Picture compared to the stage direction?
Thomas Hart Benton ‘1948’
SCENE THREE
THE POKER NIGHT.
There is a picture of Van Gogh's of a billiard-parlor at night. The kitchen now suggests that sort of lurid nocturnal brilliance, the raw colors of childhood's spectrum. Over the yellow linoleum of the kitchen table hangs an electric bulb with a vivid green glass shade. The poker players--Stanley, Steve, Mitch and Pablo--wear colored shirts, solid blues, a purple, a red-and-white check, a light green, and they are men at the peak of their physical manhood, as coarse and direct and powerful as the primary colors. There are vivid slices of watermelon on the table, whiskey bottles and glasses. The bedroom is relatively dim with only the light that spills between the portieres and through the wide window on the street. For a moment, there is absorbed silence as a hand is dealt.
A02
Motifs
Symbols
Use of Colour
5 senses
How Accurate is the Picture compared to the stage direction?

34. Scene 3 sees the introduction of Mitch
Scene 3 sees the introduction of Mitch. How do the two Male characters compare?
Stanley
Mitch

35. D E H HA BH T C B MTM W CM S S P NA S W KL
Othello Blockbusters D E H HA BH T C B
MTM W CM S S P NA S W KL

36. Which B is Desdemona’s father? Brabantio
What T is the black ram doing? Tupping
The Moors are of Which NA origin? North African
Cassio has lost his R? Reputation
Which D has Desdemona done to her father that she will now do to Othello – according to Iago? Deceived
What MTM does the Green eyed monster do when they feed? Mock the Meat
Which W was Desdemona as false as? Water
Desdemona’s final song is named after which W? Willow
Critics have said that Iago is a master of this S? Sabotage
This spotted H caused a lot of trouble? Hankerchief
Othello thought Iago was an HA? Honest Ancient
This CM is the Italian short story Othello is based on? Capitano Moro
Othello was written one year before this KL? King Lear
Othello wants to throw Desdemona off a C and then run and catch her? Cliff
Othello’s reversal in fortune is an example of P? Peripeteia
Iago says “Some kisses are given with the E? Eyes
Othello calls Desdemona a S? Strumpet – Bianca is also called one.
Brabantio will have his daughter ‘covered with a BH’? Barbary horse
Othello’s madness is S by Act 5? ‘Savage’

37. Streetcar
Blockbusters

38. Easter Drama: June 15th Prose: June 22nd Poetry: June 29th
A poster outlining what each exam is asking you to do.
A bank of quotes.
A bank of critical references.
A context poster
Essay plans for each exam topic
Re-read the texts
Exam practice - Timed

39. A Street Car Named Desire Revision: Dramatic Tension
To know the key moments of tension in the play.
To understand the cause of the tension.
To be able comment on Williams’ use of tension.

40. Dramatic Tension
A really good aspect to discuss in AO2 analysis of Form is the writer’s development of tension.

41. Dramatic Tension
On your scene summary give the scene a tension score out of 10.
Now plot the tension on an XY axis graph – You should have 11 entries.

42. Dramatic Tension Where is the highest point on your graph?
Why is this the high point?
What do you notice about the shape of your graph?
Why has Williams structured his play this way?
Climax, inciting incident, rest bite