At the end of scene ten, something dramatic happens between Blanche and Stanley while Stella is gone at the hospital. It is not directly stated in the play what happens, but it is pretty clear from the cues that Stanley forces himself onto Blanche. Some of the clues to this in scene ten are when Stanley says "Come to think of it-maybe you wouldn't be bad to-interfere with...," and "We've had this date with each other from the beginning!" Also, the stage cues say that Stanley advances on Blanche, knocks her out, and takes her to the bed. Obviously, this traumatic experience has a great effect on Blanche, which can be seen in scene eleven. Blanche has gone mad to a degree as a result of her encounter with Stanley. Blanche seems aloof, and out of it in scene eleven. In scene eleven, Blanche has an outburst, saying "What's going on her?" After hearing Mitch's voice, Blanche goes silent for awhile, and then hysterically forgets whats happening. Because of Blanche's sudden loss of sanity, Stella makes a decision to send Blanche to a mental hospital. Blanche is seriously affected by her experience with Stanley, and Stella decides that the best thing for Blanche is to be taken care of. Blanche is no longer able to take care of herself, and she has some serious emotional scars from being raped. This terrible event is scene ten does not just affect Blanche though, it affect the relationship between Stanley and Stella. Because Stella has some ideas about what happened to Blanche to affect her so drastically, she is very angry at Stanley. This can be seen at the very end of the play when Stella is crying, and Stanley is trying to console her, but she is unresponsive to his love. There is a rift created in the marriage between Stella and Stanley at the end of the play, and the reader can't know whether their marriage will hold or if they will break up.