Round 9: Tossup 3

In a play partly titled for this concept, a fiddler causes laughter at a party by mocking the host and his son during a square dance. This concept partly titles a play (10[1])in which a young man starts an affair in his mother’s parlor, which has been closed since her death. In that play titled for this concept, Abbie’s murder of her and Eben’s baby mirrors the Phaedra myth. In a play partly titled for this concept, (-5[1])a woman exclaims “I don’t want realism. I want magic!” (10[1])when a man pulls the paper lantern off a light (10[2])bulb to see her face. A Eugene O’Neill play is titled for this concept “under the Elms.” In a play, an object named for this concept carries a disgraced ex-teacher through New Orleans to her sister (10[2])Stella’s home. For 10 points, what concept partly titles a play about Blanche Dubois by Tennessee Williams? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: desire [accept Desire Under the Elms or A Streetcar Named Desire]
<TM, American Literature> | Packet H - Yale A, Ohio State C, Illinois C, Virginia Tech B, MIT A
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