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About the Varsouviana Polka and its significance in play

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About the Varsouviana Polka and its significance in play

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** Scene 11, pg 174
[The "Varsouviana" is filtered into a weird distortion, accompanied by the cries and noises of the jungle.]

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Varsouviana Polka in A Streetcar Named Desire

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Varsouviana Polka in A Streetcar Named Desire Scene Nine, page 139 [ The rapid, feverish polka tune, the "Varsouviana," is heard. The music is in her mind ] Scene Nine, page 141 Blanche: "... [ She touches her forehead vaguely. The polka tune starts up again. ] ... That - music again..."

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* Social Drama

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Intertextuality is the shaping of texts' meanings by other texts. Williams uses this literary device by referring to Book Nine of the Odyssey. Blanche is equal to deception. She is always flirting with some man especially Stanley, anytime she gets the chance while Stella is out of the room. Blanche is like Odysseus because she is very well aware of her deceptive truths. She uses them to manipulate in situations. She blinds Stanley by her deceptive ways.
Intertextuality is also used in the image of Cyclopes. Stanley portrays the image of Cyclopes. He is also referred to as “One-eye monster,” in the play. He is referred to this character because of his strong will and physically strong, but he falls easily into Blanche’s trap of being blinded.

Summary of the of the Odyssey. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey/summary/

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Structuralists would also consider the play’s division into into eleven short scenes, all set in the Kowalski apartment, as well as its narrative arc: an ‘initiating incident’, which happens before the start of the play, when Blanche is fired; a period of ‘rising action’ consisting of ‘successes and reverses’; a ‘crisis’ – the failed birthday party; a ‘climax’ – the rape; and then the ‘falling action’ of the final scene. 

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Structuralists would also consider the play’s division into into eleven short scenes, all set in the Kowalski apartment, as well as its narrative arc: an ‘initiating incident’, which happens before the start of the play, when Blanche is fired; a period of ‘rising action’ consisting of ‘successes and reverses’; a ‘crisis’ – the failed birthday party; a ‘climax’ – the rape; and then the ‘falling action’ of the final scene. 

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(Freytag)