... at the barroom around the corner, nicknamed theBlue Piano?. Blanche's relationship with Stanley displays the harsh clash of a fragile, French country girl, who is scared of even the dimmest light falling on her face, and a poker-playing, beer-drinking and violent-tempered Polish know-it-all brute. Blanche is at constant competition with Stanley for Stella's attention. Blanche acts as a mother ... -in-law that night. The constant music coming from the barroom piano keeps Blanche humming or singing along to all the tunes. The polka tune, theVarsouviana? plays the night Mitch leaves her and...

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• Grade Level: High School