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    Streetcar Named Desire Essay In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ written by Tennessee Williams‚ Blanche DuBois‚ a seemingly extravagant and sensual woman‚ visits her sister and brother-in-law after losing her family fortune and estate‚ only to find despair‚ heartbreak‚ and violence. She hoped to start a new life‚ one in which she could have found a wealthy gentleman to marry and live happily with. Blanche instead finds herself as a heartbroken‚ penniless victim of rape. She struggles to stay strong‚ to

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    Discuss the various ways the confidant or confidante functions in one of the following works. In the play‚ A Streetcar named Desire‚ Tennessee Williams depicts a conflict through his main character‚ Blanche Dubois. Blanche has a problem in believing that she is in a fantasy world. In this play one of the confidants that she has is Mitch. She not only develops a sexual connection to him but an emotional connection as well. Throughout the play and in real life one thing that plays a major role

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    To what extent do the Kowalskis and the DuBois represent a clash of cultures in “A Streetcar Named Desire”? “I am not a Polack. People from Poland are Poles‚ not Polacks. But what I am is a one hundred per cent American‚ born and raised in the greatest country on earth and proud as hell of it‚ so don’t ever call me a Polack.” - Stanley Kowalski In “A Streetcar Named Desire” the clash of cultures between Stanley Kowalski and the two DuBois sisters‚ Stella and Blanche‚ becomes very

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    a rough childhood or if they grew up with a silver spoon in their mouth? Blanche Dubois past consists of a dead husband‚ her compulsive lying‚ and prostitution. Blanches past is what led to the eventual demise of her character in A Streetcar Named Desire. Blanche Dubois had a past that was filled with love. In scene 6‚ while sitting with Mitch‚ Blanche talks about her first husband that she met when she was 16. In the story Blanche talks about coming home one night and finding her husband in bed

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    Ever since I could remember‚ I have always wanted to become a scientist. That craving to understand the mysteries of the universe has been one of the most passionate desires of mine since I was a toddler. I can still recall laying in my bed‚ staring at the ceiling‚ and wondering why some people had crooked teeth while others didn’t. The question "How?" always echoed within my thoughts. When I entered school‚ science and mathematics quickly became one of my most favored subjects. In my mind‚

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    An Analysis of Writing Techniques in the Achievement of Desire This essay is elegantly written with well-chosen words. Besides that‚ Richard Rodriguez’s adept skills in depicting the author’s complicated yet conflicting mental activities through various literary devices is also the shinning point of this piece of work. In the essay‚ the author mainly used several techniques such as flashbacks‚ comparisons and contrasts‚ definition‚ quotation‚ and satire to enhance the readability and entertainment

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    Without delay‚ the subject of alcohol in Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire he illustrated this subject as refreshment‚ maintaining fictional reality and leading one onto the part of self-destruction. Stella sees alcohol mostly for a positive escape and as refreshment and to make a gathering and conversation more socially acquainted. “Blanche you sit down let me pour the drinks” (Williams 7) On the other hand‚ there is Blanche who perceives alcohol only as an escape from reality into her

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    Brianna D’Itri Mrs. Bixler A. P. English 12 11 February 2013 Title The ‘Southern Gothic’ genre is captured greatly in Tennessee Williams’s novel A Streetcar Named Desire. By hyperbolizing the cast’s personalities‚ the story takes on an eerie quality. Our introduction to the cast begins with Blanche‚ arguably the most off-putting of all the personalities presented. Blanche comes to New Orleans on the brink of insanity only to see that her sister‚ once the perfect southern belle just like

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    Imani Gibson Prof. P. Thur Expo-25 03.12.14 Essay One: Analyzing the Hold of ‘Tradition’ over Richard Rodriguez In his essay “The Achievement of Desire‚” Richard Rodriguez chronicles his journey as a student describing his path to academic success as one of constant‚ internal turmoil. Rodriguez narrates as a fully educated‚ successful (by society’s standards) grown man‚ conveying the sense of loneliness and loss that he no doubt achieved along with his education. On the surface it would appear

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    of love become personal and understandable when coming to life in a play. Three writers made this possible in plays using the main theme of love. Three plays that show the complexity of love are “A Doll House” by Henrick Isben‚ “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams‚ and “A Midsummer

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