Read poem below and respond to Based

Read poem below and respond to Based on what Stella says, how would you describe her marriage (18-19)? Anything seem odd? . Well, now you talk. Open your pretty mouth and talk while I look around for some liquor I I know you must have some liquor on the place! Where could it be, I won- der? 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.] STELLA [noticing]: Blanche, you sit down and let me pour the drinks. I don’t know what we’ve got to mix with. Maybe a coke’s in the icebox. Look’n see, honey, while I ‘ m – 16 BLANCHE: No coke, honey, not with my nerves tonightl Where- where-where is-? STELLA: Stanley? Bowlingl He loves it. They’re having a-found some sodaI-tournament … BLANCHE: Just water, baby, to chase itl Now don’t get worried, your sister hasn’t turned into a drunkard, she’s just all shaken up and hot and tired and dirty! You sit down, now, and explain this place to me I What are you doing in a place like this? STELLA: Now, Blanche- BLANCHE: STELLA [alittledrily]: Thanks. [During the pause, Blanche stares at her. She smiles at Blanche.] BLANCHE [looking down at her glass, which shakes in her hand]: You’re all I’ve got in the world, and you’re not glad to see mel STELLA [sincerely] : Why, Blanche, you know that’s not true. BLANCHE: No?-I’d forgotten how quiet you were. STELLA: You never did give me a chance to say much, Blanche. So I just got in the habit of being quiet around you. BLANCHE [vaguely]: A good habit to get into . . . [then, ahruptly] You haven’t asked me how I happened to get away from the school before the spring term ended. STELLA: Well, I thought you’d volunteer that information-if you wanted to tell me. BLANCHE: You thought I’d been fired? STELLA: No, I-thought you might have-resigned … BLANCHE: broke. [Nervously tamping cigarette] I was on the verge of-lunacy, almost! So Mr. Graves-Mr. Graves is the high school superintendent-he suggested I take a leave of absence. I couldn’t put all of those details into the wire . . . [She drinks quickly] Oh, this through me and feels so goodI STELLA: Won’t you have another? BLANCHE: No, one’s my limit. STELLA: Sure? buzzes right BLANCHE: You haven’t said a word about my appearance. STELLA: You look just fine. BLANCHE: God love you for a liar! Daylight never exposed so total a ruinI But you-you’ve put on some weight, yes, you’re just as plump as a little partridgeI And it’s so becoming to you I STELLA: Now, Blanche- BLANCHE: Yes, it is, it is or I wouldn’t say it I You just have to watch around the hips a little. Stand up. STELLA: Not now. BLANCHE: You hear me? I said stand upl [Stella complies reluc- tantly] You messy child, you, you’ve spilt something on that pretty white lace collarIAbout your hair-you ought 19 STELLA: No. With only two rooms it’s- BLANCHE: What? Two rooms, did you say? STELLA: This one a n d – [ She is embarrassed.] BLANCHE: The other one? [She laughs sharply. There is an embar- rassed silence.] BLANCHE: I am going to take just one little tiny nip more, sort of to put the stopper on, so to speak…. Then put the bottle away so I won’t be tempted. [She rises] I want you to look at my figure! [She turns around] You know I haven’t put on one ounce in ten years, Stella? I weigh what I weighed the summer you left Belle Reve. The summer Dad died and you left us … STELLA [alittlewearily]: It’s just incredible, Blanche, how well you’re looking. BLANCHE: [They both laugh uncomfortably] But, Stella, there’s only two rooms, I don’t see where you’re going to put me I STELLA: We’re going to put you in here. BLANCHE: What kind of bed’s this-one of those collapsible things? [She sits on it.] STELLA: Does it feel all right? BLANCfJE [dubiously]: Wonderful, honey. I don’t like a bed that gives much. 20But there’s no door between the two rooms, and Stanley -will it be decent? STELLA: Stanley is Polish, you know. BLANCHE: Oh, yes. They’re something like Irish, aren’t they? STELLA: Well- BLANCHE: Only not so-highbrow? [They hoth laugh again in the same way] I brought some nice clothes to meet all your lovely friends in. STELLA: I’m afraid you won’t think they are lovely. BLANCHE: What are they like? STELLA: They’re Stanley’s friends. BLANCHE: Polacks? STELLA: They’re a mixed lot, Blanche. BLANCHE: Heterogeneous-types? STELLA: Oh, yes. Yes, types is right1 BLANCHE: Well-anyhow-I brought nice clothes and I’ll wear them. I guess you’re hoping I’ll say I’ll put up at a hotel, but I’m not going to put up at a hotel. I want to be near you, got to be with somebody, I can’t be alone! Because- 21 [Her voice drops and her look is frightened.] STELLA: You seem a little bit nervous or overwrought or some- thing. BLANCHE: Will Stanley like me, or will I be just a visiting in-law, Stella? I couldn’t stand that. STELLA: You’ll get along fine together, if you’ll just try not to- well–<:ompare him with men that we went out with at home. BLANCHE: Is he so-different? STELLA: Yes. A different species. BLANCHE: In what way; what's he like? STELLA: Oh, you can't describe someone you're in love withl Here's a picture of himl [She hands a photograph to Blanche.] BLANCHE: An officer? STELLA: A Master Sergeant in the Engineers' Corps. Those are decorations I BLANCHE: He had those on when you met him? STELLA: I assure you I wasn't just blinded by all the brass. 22 BLANCHE: That's not what 1 - STELLA: But of course there were things to adjust myself to later on. BLANCHE: Such as his civilian backgroundI [Stella laughs uncer- tainly] How did he take it when you said I was coming? STELLA: Oh, Stanley doesn't know yet. BLANCHE [frightened]: You-haven't told him? STELLA: He's on the road a good deal. BLANCHE: Oh. Travels? STELLA: Yes. BLANCHE: Good. I mean-isn't it? STELLA [half to herself] : I can hardly stand it when he is away for a night ..• BLANCHE: Why, Stellal STELLA: When he's away for a week I nearly go wild I BLANCHE: Gracious I STELLA: And when he comes back I cry on his lap like a baby ... [She smiles to herself. SCIENCE HEALTH SCIENCE NURSING AP ENG LNG 101

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