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He enters in a loud-colored bowling jacket and work clothes and is carrying "a red-stained package." He bellows to Stella and throws her the raw meat which she catches as she laughs breathlessly.
The first part of this scene introduces us symbolically to the essential characteristics of Stanley Kowalski. Blanche tells him yes, but the boy died then, she leaves thinking that she is going to be sick. Stanley asks Blanche if she wasn't once married. Stanley takes off his shirt so as to be comfortable and offers Blanche a drink but Blanche says that she rarely touches it. When Stella asks how it happened, Blanche reminds Stella how there has been a long line of deaths in the family and that she had to stay there and fight while Stella was "in bed with your - Polack." When Stella begins crying and goes to the bathroom, Blanche hears Stanley outside. This leads Blanche to tell Stella that Belle Reve, the ancestral home, has been lost. And Stella warns Blanche that Stanley's friends are not the type Blanche is accustomed to.īlanche emphasizes that she must stay for a while because she can't stand to be alone. Stella shows her the folding bed and explains that Stanley won't mind the lack of privacy because he is Polish. Blanche notices that the apartment has only two rooms and she wonders where she will sleep. It was so sudden that she wasn't able to let Stella know about it. Blanche promises to say no more about it.īlanche explains to Stella that she had to resign from her high school teaching position because of her nerves. Stella tries to explain that New Orleans is different and that the apartment is not so bad. Blanche then returns to the subject of the apartment, wondering how Stella could live in such a place. She asks for a drink in order to restore her nerves. When Stella arrives, Blanche blurts out how awful the apartment is but then tries to laugh off her comment. Immediately, Blanche finds a bottle of whiskey and gulps down a big swig.
Eunice lets Blanche into the apartment and goes after Stella. Eunice, the neighbor, sees that Blanche is confused and assures her that this is the place where Stella lives. Almost immediately, Blanche appears trying to find a certain street number. Stanley appears and calls for Stella, his wife, to catch a package of meat.