scene 10 question blanch

in scene 10 the mirror breaks breaks , symbolising the end to her innocence her vanity. 


stanley is struggling to get the broken bottle out of her hand  and then we hear blanche cry out in defeat.This shows the stanley has won .the broken mirror also represents bad luck, and its kind of ironic for the situation she gets into with stanley.


what are his motives for raping Blanche? 


stanley has become overwhelmed of her strange behaviour and has his finale say as he takes power out of Blanche and projects her as this weak unstable image she is in the play, he is sort of proving a point for himself.


why does the blue piano accompany the rape ?


The blue piano is heard at the beginning of the play, and every time we hear it it is the start of 'something' in blanches life, it  reveals the inner loneness of people and makes listener try to find The polka music represents Blanche*s memory of her lover.