With it came the legendary characters of Stanley Kowalski, an ape like man married to Stella DuBois, a southern girl raised on a plantation in Mississippi. ... Her pride also shows in her contempt for her sister's husband, Stanley. ... Stanley comments on this, telling Stella that she should not let Blanche order her around all the time. ... She tells Stella and Stanley that she is going on a cruise with her friend. ...

• Word Count: 618
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Scenes 1+2 The Wingfield apartment faces an alley in a lower middle class St. Louis tenement. There is a fire escape with a landing that serves as a porch. "The scene is memory," indicate the stage directions, and, as such, the interior is "rather dim and poetic." There is a screen-like surface on which words or images periodically appear. ...

• Word Count: 5517
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School