In scene ten, on page 155, Blanche: “well, it's a red-letter night for us both. you have an oil-millionaire and me having a baby.” [he goes to the bureau in the bedroom and crouches to remove something from the bottom drawer.] Blanche: “what are you doing in here” Stanley: “here's something I always break out on special occasions like this. the silk pajamas, I wore on my wedding night!”. The pajama that Stanley's wearing the night of the rape were the same ones he was wearing the night of his wedding with Stella. Which makes Stanley reenacting what happened the night of his wedding with Blanche. (Thomieres, Daniel) while, Stanley could be admired for his sexual prowess, but a woman of Blanche's class, once she has slipped off her pedestal, is a fair target for rape. (Dace, Tish) The slip up that slowly happens to Blanche thought out the play allows Stanley to easily take advantage of her, like on page 151 of scene ten Blanche: “ How about taking a swim, a moonlight swim at the old rock-quarry? If anyone's sober enough to drive a car! Ha-ha! Best way in the world to stop your head buzzing! only you've got to be careful to drive where the deep pool is-- if you hit a rock you don't come up till tomorrow…” [Tremblingly she lifts the hand mirror for a closer inspection. She catches her breath and slams the mirror face down with such violence that the glass
In scene ten, on page 155, Blanche: “well, it's a red-letter night for us both. you have an oil-millionaire and me having a baby.” [he goes to the bureau in the bedroom and crouches to remove something from the bottom drawer.] Blanche: “what are you doing in here” Stanley: “here's something I always break out on special occasions like this. the silk pajamas, I wore on my wedding night!”. The pajama that Stanley's wearing the night of the rape were the same ones he was wearing the night of his wedding with Stella. Which makes Stanley reenacting what happened the night of his wedding with Blanche. (Thomieres, Daniel) while, Stanley could be admired for his sexual prowess, but a woman of Blanche's class, once she has slipped off her pedestal, is a fair target for rape. (Dace, Tish) The slip up that slowly happens to Blanche thought out the play allows Stanley to easily take advantage of her, like on page 151 of scene ten Blanche: “ How about taking a swim, a moonlight swim at the old rock-quarry? If anyone's sober enough to drive a car! Ha-ha! Best way in the world to stop your head buzzing! only you've got to be careful to drive where the deep pool is-- if you hit a rock you don't come up till tomorrow…” [Tremblingly she lifts the hand mirror for a closer inspection. She catches her breath and slams the mirror face down with such violence that the glass