Scene 10

• [Dragged her wardrobe trunk to the centre of the bedroom]

  [Hangs open]
• [Placing a rhinestone tiara on her head]

  [Murmuring excitedly]
• Foreshadowing [She moans a little and attempts to rise]
• Analeptic to S2 - Stanley now winning

  'Gosh. I thought it was Tiffany Diamonds'
• 'Just when I thought my luck had begun to fail me' -B
• [A geyser of foam] phallic imagery
• Sick parody

  'The silk pyjamas I wore on my wedding night!'

  [Soiled and crumpled white satin evening gown]
• 'When the telephone rings and they say 'you've got a son!' I'll tear this off and wave it like a flag!'
• [Improvising feverishly]
• Anagnorisis

  'Physical beauty is passing. A transitory possession'

  'I think of myself as a very, very rich woman! But I have been foolish - casting my pearls before swine!'
• 'Deliberate cruelty is not forgivable'
• 'There isn't a goddam thing but imagination!'

  'And lies and conceit and tricks!'
• 'Worn-out Mardi Gras outfit, rented for fifty cents from some rag-picker! And with the crazy crown on!' -Stan
• 'I've been on to you since the start! Not once did you pull any wool over this boy's eyes!'
• Plastic theatre

  [Lurid reflections appear on the walls around Blanche. The shadows are of a grotesque and menacing form]

  [The night is filled with inhuman voices like cries in a jungle]

  [Turns into the roar of an approaching locomotive]
• 'We've had this date with each other from the beginning!' -Stan
• [She moans. The bottle-top falls. She sinks to her knees.]
• [Inert figure]
• [The hot trumpet and drums from the Four Deuces sound loudly]