Williams gives a symbolic name to the local night club, whose music pervades the entire play. “The Four Deuces” combines a reference to the quartet of main characters with an allusion to card games and to bad luck—the deuce being the lowest card in the deck—thereby reinforcing the fateful import of the metaphoric poker game. Derived from the Latin word “Deus,” “Deuce” is also used in interjections as a synonym for the Devil. Stanley, the master of Elysian Fields, who “plays the deuce” with Blanche—that is to say brings her to harm—has a symbolic name.“Kowalski” means “blacksmith” in Polish, and as such, is evocative of Hades, the chtonian god of the underworld.