Do now: Journal Writing
According to Blanche, what is a cultivated woman like?  How does this image of a cultivated woman reflect the kind of role a Blanche wants to play in a man's life?

Procedures:
 Read scene 10 and discuss the following questions:
1. After Mitch left, what has Blanche been doing?
2. Why does Blanche tell Stanley she has to leave because she has received an invitation from an old admirer of hers?
3. Why does she make up a story about Mitch coming back to her with a bunch of roses? Why does Stanley know right away it is a lie?
4.How does the story Blanche made up reflect her belief in life as indicated in her song:"But it wouldn't be make-believe if you believed in me"?
5. Why is the night described in scene 10 as "filled with inhuman voices like cries in a jungle"?
6. What does Stanley do to Blanche at the end of scene 10? What consequence will it lead to? What kind of person once again does this incident prove him to be? How does his image fit the atmosphere and mood created in this scene(like a jungle full of inhuman voice)?

Homework Assignment:
How many references as you can find   from the scene to illustrate the theme "the loss of gentility" and "rawnes of the world".
 

Quotes from Scene 10	Theme(Loss of Gentility)