Streetcar Named Desire: Key Narrative Moments + 1st impressions:

Top 10 Most Memorable Moments:

• Blanche's arrival.
• Poker night.
• Stanley hitting Stella.
• Blanche's date with Mitch.
• Stanley throwing the package of meat at Stella at the beginning.
• Stanley finding out the truth about Blanche.
• Mitch trying to rape Blanche.
• Stanley raping Blanche. 
• Blanche loosing her grip on reality and getting sent to an asylum

1st Impressions: 

-Stanley is an instantly striking character, his violence builds up throughout the play; beginning foreshadows his future violence.

-Our attitudes to the characters change, this character development is evident when Mitch tries to rape Blanche - he becomes more like Stanley as opposed to the gentle opposite he was throughout.

-Stanley equates Blanche's past to being a prostitute as she survived from the profits of her relationships.

-Every part is tense.

-Blanche looses Belle Reve, comes from family of wealth and property. 

-When Stanley finds this out, the audience gets some backstory.

-Blanche's ex-husband was gay, she tells him he's 'disgusting' and he kills himself, she blames herself.