Scene Eleven

In the last scene of A Streetcar Named Desire, Stella is packing Blanche’s things while the men are playing poker and Blanche is in the bathroom. While Stella packs her sister’s trunk, she is crying. She is very sad because she has planned to send Blanche away. She is not sure if she’s made the right choice in the matter.
Blanche is at the point where is really crazy. Stella is actually planning to send her away with a doctor to some kind of mentally ill hospital. Stella talks to Eunice about her second thoughts. She’s not sure if calling the doctor was the right choice. Eunice tries to reassure her that it was the right idea. Stella tells Eunice that she couldn’t believe Blanche’s story about Stanley raping her, and continue to live with him. Blanche thinks that she is going to leave with Shep Huntleigh. Even though Blanche and Shep have never talked since she saw him again, Blanche thinks that he wants her to travel with him.
Stella isn’t really sure of her decision. She is second guessing herself, and she can’t believe that she did such a thing to her sister. I personally think that it’s necessary, but it is a very hard choice for someone to make. I think some of the reason why Stella is so upset about her decision is because maybe a tiny part of her believes Blanche when she told her about the rape. Especially since Stella has seen how Stanley gets, and how he treats his own wife sometimes. Eunice even said that Stella had no choice but to doubt the rape and pretend like nothing has happened.