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    reality Remember: AO1 communicate clearly the knowledge‚ understanding and insight appropriate to literary study‚ using appropriate terminology and accurate and coherent written expression. DuBois World * “old south” mindset * Aging Southern belle who lives in a state of perpetual panic about her fading beauty * Beginning she was half sane‚ then contributing people drive her to insanity. * Loss of reality‚ represents fantasy * “The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection

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    Gone with the Wind has been listed as the second most popular book read by Americans‚ only second to the Bible. It is possible to say that the movie from 1939‚ starring Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable‚ is easily just as popular. What sets this film apart from other historical fictions is its presentation. Gone with the Wind is unique in that it shows the Civil War‚ and the events that follow‚ from the Great Southern perspective. What may stand out more to history buffs as unique is the telling of the

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     partially‚ or  preconceptions and thus we deceive ourselves” (Gilead‚ 1999:53‚ as cited in Drobot‚ 153).  Drobot further explains Blanche’s actions by looking deeper into her upbringing and education.  Blanche grew up with the lifestyle of the Southern Belle and chooses to maintain it as a defense  mechanism to cover up her psychological trauma. “Blanche has remained with this ideal in mind‚  identifying with it. However‚ her views on life prove to be only illusions. The new lifestyle is  different‚ and she should have adapted to it

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    in the society in which they were thrust‚ and neither one has anyone like him to go to or latch onto for understanding and support. Both the Beast and E.T. found one person on earth who accepts them for who they are. Although the Beast captures Belle‚ she learns to love him and understand his situation; she becomes his one true friend in a society which hates him for who what they think he is. Elliot discovered E.T. in his closet‚ and due to the fact he had no other real friends‚ naturally accepted

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    Although many essays written about A Streetcar Named Desire concerns the "social attitude and psychological constitutions of its characters‚"(61) and the author‚ Tennessee Williams’‚ purpose in using of symbolism and imagery‚ Leonard Quirino instead intents to examine and emphasize the use of symbolism and how Tennessee Williams uses it in order to construct his marvelous play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire. Instead of focusing in terms of its theatrical presentation‚ Quirino sets out to reveal how two

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    Career Research Development: Theatrical and Performance Makeup Artist What a Theatrical and Performance Makeup Artist does is that they apply makeup to performers to reflect period‚ setting‚ and situation of their role. In order to be a makeup artist you must have critical decision making‚ leadership‚ communication with others‚ and work closely with team members‚ clients‚ etc. The top skills a makeup artist must have are‚ speaking‚ active listening‚ judgment and decision making. I select this

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    Susan Koprince talked about the issues of domestic abuse in America. In the 1940’s‚ when the book was written‚ being submissive and tolerant towards your husband is what a wife was expected to do. Issues of domestic abuse were expected to be dealt with in a household without the interference of the authorities‚ since it was believed to be a woman’s fault. This is perhaps why in A Street Car Named Desire Stella’s role is submissive. We see this when in reply to Blanche’s concern regarding Stanley’s

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    character has its own desire but the reality causes all their dreams to end up in Elysian Fields - the land of the dead according to the Greek mythology. Stella has to settle for a mediocre life with an abusing husband after she left her house at Belle Reve to find happiness. Blanche‚ the anti-hero who has her own view on how her life should look like and so she cannot deal properly with the obstacles she meets along the way; a fact the prevent from her accomplishing her goals. Even Stanley‚ the

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    starvation with her heart hard and her promises kept? Have you seen that girl‚ goosing the public with her head up high and her eyes determined? That girl is named Scarlett O’Hara‚ the protagonist of Gone with the Wind‚ a dark-haired‚ green-eyed Georgia belle. She has all the charm a woman could ever dream‚ that no men would be able to resist. She has all the gallantry a fighter could ever possess that no battles in the world could conquer her. She has all the strength and wisdom a man could ever imagine

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    The Success‚ Failures‚ and Outcomes of the Seven Major Crusades The seven major Crusades spanned the Middle Ages from A.D. 1073 to 1305 (Lovasik 96). Many modern historians tend to appraise most of the later Crusades as more blunder than success in the course for the preservation of western Christianity and the advancement of western civilization. However‚ a closer scrutiny of the totality of the Crusades reveals that the Law of Unintended Consequences (in the long course of history)

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