The describe the tones used in Scene Four in a "A Streetcar Named Desire"?

In Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire", the tone is very
important.

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Tone: the
writer's attitude toward the material and/or readers. Tone may be playful, formal,
intimate, angry, serious, ironic, outraged, baffled, tender, serene, depressed, etc.

In the play, there
remains one major tone that follows the actions of the play throughout. Depicted by the
lone blue piano, the tone of the play shows as one which mirrors that of the characters-
depressed, solitude, and violent.

Specifically, in Scene
Four, the tone is set as anxious. In the previous scene, Stanley has attacked Stella and
Stella left their flat. Blanche and Stella are talking about the night before and
Blanche cannot understand how Stella can stay with a husband who beats her. Readers,
depending on their own background, will either side with Stella or
Blanche.

To explain, only people who have lived under
certain circumstances can fully understand the decisions which go with them. Therefore,
women, or men, in abusive relationships may have the same emotional attachment as Stella
has to their abuser. As for Blanche, she cannot understand how Stella can stay given she
has never been in the situation.

This being said, the tone
of this scene can be different for each reader. One who has lived within an abusive
relationship may find understanding and hope in the words Stella speaks, whereas others,
who side with Blanche, may feel angered at the fact she chooses to stay. The tone from
Scene Four changes dramatically after the action of the previous
scene.

As for author intent, it could be rationalized that
Williams is simply stating the "facts" in a Naturalistic fashion. He is showing both
sides of how different characters would/could react to such a situation as described in
Scene Three.