Blanche speaks dreamily about the sea, and living by the ocean until she dies. The doctor and nurse arrive. Blanche goes out to greet them, thinking that it's Shep Huntleigh, her millionaire friend, arrived to pick her up. She sees the doctor and nurse and retreats back into the apartment, saying she's forgotten something. The polka music plays in the background, along with the animal noises that played during the end of Scene 10.
Weird shadows dance around the walls.
She grabs a chair, as if the defend herself. The nurse goes in to capture her. Stella cannot bear to watch the struggle between Blanche and the nurse. On the porch, Eunice comforts Stella, telling her not to go inside. The men call for the doctor as Blanche continues to fight the nurse.