[She moans. The bottle top falls. She sinks to her knees. He picks up her inert figure and carries her to the bed. The hot trumpet and drums from the Four Deuces sound loudly.]
– Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 10. The stage directions describe Stanley carrying Blanche’s unmoving body to the bed, with loud music coming from the neighborhood bar which Stanley frequents. This indicates that he rapes her. Blanche is resigned to how powerless she is against the brute force and toxic masculinity of the dominant Stanley. Mirrored here is how he carried Stella to the bed in Scene 3.