In scene one, we
as the audience also notice how fragile Blanche is to noise. This is predominantly
evident when a cat screeches, and Blanche jumps (Williams 27). I believe
Williams placed the cat to help solidify the tension between Stanley and
herself. However, when reading the novel, it does not communicate the same
effectiveness that the film does. In addition to this, the closing of this
scene ends with the echoing sounds of Stanley’s voice in Blanche head. In the
movie we watch Blanche in a soliloquy struggling to respond to these echoing
sounds, and we instantly we, the audience, notice how worry and fear begins to sink into her face. Also, in this moment the
light sounds of the polka music the, “Varsouviana” is heard with the constant
flickering of a light in the background. This develops the dramatic part of
the scene fully, specifically, because Blanche is showing us that she has a
very dark past, which haunts her. This evidently shows that she has a tragic
flaw, which will eventually destroy her in the end.
