Jack had a heart attack, and has been told to stay in bed. He is overwhelmed that his time off will cost him his job. Everyone is getting on eachothers nerves,even Nora, who is usually always happy has become irritable. Stan arrives home and tells Euguene that he gambled away his entire pay check. Blanche is getting ready to go on a date with Frank Murphy, a man who lives across the street. Kate clearly does not approve of him since he is an alcoholic. Laurie arrives with a letter from Frank’s mother telling her that Frank was drunk driving an got in an accident, and would not be able to go on the date with Blanche. In addition, Frank and his mother were planning on moving to upstate New York in order to get him treated at a clinic. After reading the letter, Kate crows triumphantly “I knew it! I said it from the beginning didn’t I?… I warned you the first day about those people!”. Blanche is clearly affected by this and jumps to Frank’s defense and tells her sister to be charitable. The theme of this act would probably be chaos. Everything that is happening in the house is chaotic and it is making everyone's nerves go through the roof. Act 2 can be represented by the picture below.