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blanche declaring that “deliberate cruelty is unforgivable and something (she’s) never, never been guilty of” is largely ironic. this is because the reader and blanche are both aware that she discarded her supposed first-love due to his sexuality. obviously we must take into account what was and wasn’t acceptable during this epoch, however, she cannot make this declaration because it is false.

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In scene 10, it’s clear Stanley is superior to Blanche. He gains power through the repetition of dynamic verbs and how he comes to invade Blanches space and the barriers. Stanley enjoys asserting his dominance over Blanche by ripping off her facade and fantasy world to gain power. Throughout, he asserts his dominance and brute force to finally gain physical power over Blanche.

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Williams criticises expectations of women

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Williams criticises expectations of women

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‘I can enrich a mans life… I have value’
- syntax - Blanche is the subject and men are the object. She can fulfill her objective to make a man happy.
- personal pronouns- women have responsibility in this society to keep a man stimulated and look after them.
- ‘I have value’ - abstract noun ‘value’ depicts that Blanche has been taught through old south ideals that a southern belle’s value relies on her appeal to men.

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Blanche spends most of the play avoiding the light as she does the truth but when Stanley starts acting predatory to her, the shadows turn more threatening. The darkness also suggests that Stanley will be able to do what he wants and get away with it without the truth of the rape coming out as Blanche is the one made out to be hysterical

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stanley’s declarative sentence, “you left the phone off th’ hook” could be Williams pragmatic affirmation of Blanches delusion and stanley’s growing knowledge. the common idiom, “off the hook” often relates to someone getting away with something. due to stanley making this proclamation of Blanches actions, the reader and blanche undergo a revelation, stanley knows. the short declarative sentence thus instils panic in blanche and could suggest that stanley knows of all her lies, she is not off the hook. therefore, the phone acts as a metaphor for blanches lies and fantasy. furthermore, it could be argued that the phone depicts Blanches habitually turning to lies and deceit when undergoing stress and confrontation. her repeated use of the minor sentence “operator!” yields her distress upon learning of stanley’s newfound knowledge. therefore, when she immediately tries to get help, we see the phone yielding this theme of fantasy, lies, and deceit in blanches characterisation.

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Blanche’s illusions are prominent in scene 10. We first see her dressing in colourful clothes that look cheap and overly expressionate. She thinks she looks glamorous but when she sees herself in the mirror she smashes in not wanting to accept what she really looks like. A metaphor for her not wanting accept the reality of her situation. She later in a desperate attempt to find solace, calls Shep Huntley to reassure herself his invitation is real, he never picks up. We also see her hunching up and covering her ears while Stanley berates her. Like she doesn’t want to hear the truth and is defending herself from cruel reality.

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scene 10, she gets a telegram, wire, invite to a Caribbean yacht which is another part of her fantasy - believes she is in a dire situation and she needs to imagine a scenario which seems hopeful --> links to Blanche saying 'it came like a bolt from the blue', simile is ironic because it did, it stemmed from nothing but her imagination which is why it was quick to come about and come to fruition
'bolt' abstract noun = a jagged white flash of lightning

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it could be argued that Stanleys alleged awareness of Blanche’s lies are largely Blanches deluded memory. we know from the varsouviana polka that Blanche is rapidly loosing mental stability. we also know that Stanley lacks personal power, he is not as clever as Blanche. therefore, it is likely that Stanley’s supposed knowledge of Blanches lies stem from her need for fantasy as well as her insecurity

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like their star signs and fates in horoscopes, the theme of destiny when Stanley says 'we've had this date with each other from the beginning' highlights how they both have set a tragedy into trajectory especially reinforced through the constant notion of the streetcar which is an unrelenting force which will not stop and there is only a one way track forward

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Stanley strings Blanche along and allows her to immerse herself in her fantasy because he acknowledges he has the power, therefore his male dominance in terms of physical, psychological, metaphorical and knowledge advantage has the ability to force Blanche to stop retreating into fantasy and illusion - shows the power of men and the overpowering nature of the New South dominating Old South influences and ideologies

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Summary and Analysis Scene 10

Summary

Later that evening, Blanche is dressed in an old, faded gown and has a rhinestone tiara on her head. She has been drinking heavily. She is talking to herself when Stanley enters. He tells her that the baby won't come before morning, and the doctors sent him home. He wonders about the outfit that Blanche has on. She tells him a fabulous story about how she just received an invitation for a cruise in the Caribbean with a Mr. Shep Huntleigh. Stanley drinks some beer and gets out the silk pajamas which he wore on his wedding night. Blanche thinks how wonderful it will be to have some privacy again and to be among something other than swine. Blanche tells Stanley how Mitch came to her, imploring her forgiveness, but she sent him away because "deliberate cruelty is not forgivable." Then Stanley attacks her, telling her she is lying and that she has no invitation. Blanche flees to the telephone trying to reach Shep Huntleigh, but she can't seem to compose a message. She leaves the phone to get the address. Stanley replaces the phone on the hook. Blanche wants him to stand aside so she can pass, and Stanley thinks that it might not be too bad to interfere with her. As he advances toward her, Blanche breaks a bottle so as "to twist the broken end in your face." He springs on her as she sinks to the floor. He picks up her inert body and carries it into the bedroom.

Analysis

This scene presents the final confrontation between Blanche and Stanley, with Stanley emerging as the undisputed winner.

The beginning of the scene reestablishes the basic difference between Blanche and Stanley. She is once again living in her world of illusion and pretense - a world that Stanley, the realist, cannot understand or tolerate.

Blanche says that she dismissed Mitch, because "deliberate cruelty is not forgivable. It is the one unforgivable thing in my opinion." Therefore since Blanche was once deliberately cruel to her young husband, she has since formulated this idea. And of course, she must view herself as being unforgivable for her cruelty to him. This perhaps motivates a lot of her actions, but her statement comes at an ironic point - that is, just before Stanley is about to rape her - an act of extreme cruelty.

In his exhilaration over the forthcoming birth of his child, Stanley is seen as a wild animal on the prey. For the first time, he sees Blanche as someone whom it "wouldn't be bad to - interfere with." This idea plants the idea of seduction in his mind. He also feels that Blanche has been "swilling down my liquor" all summer and that he deserves a little pay. But also, Stanley cannot understand why a woman who has slept with so many men would object to sleeping with him. And, most important, Stanley has always functioned with the idea of enjoying the things that are his - that is, "his car, his radio, everything that is his, that bears his emblem of the gaudy seed-bearer." Blanche has lived in his house, has eaten his food, and has drunk his liquor, but she is definitely not his; in fact, she is openly antagonistic toward him. Thus, his rape is partially to prove again his superiority over her. And since her presence in his house has almost destroyed his marriage, he feels no remorse or regret over Blanche's destruction.

Blanche's horrified aversion to sleeping with Stanley is not based on any moral grounds. Instead, he represents every aspect of life which she is unable to cope with. He appears to her as her destroyer, and his rape of her is actually the cause of her madness. And she was not strong enough to defend herself against this hostile force. Thus it is not the actual rape which causes her madness, but the idea that she was raped by a man who represents everything unacceptable to her. Thus, she is symbolically unable to cope with the brutal realistic world represented by Stanley.

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Summary Later that evening, Blanche is dressed in an old, faded gown and has a rhinestone tiara on her head. She has been drinking heavily. She is talking to herself when Stanley enters. He tells her that the baby won't come before morning, and the doctors sent him home.