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    Review for Final English Exam I. Introductory Material 1. Merchant of Venice- By: William Shakespeare Setting- Italy (Venice and Belmont) 16th Century‚ 1500s Social Problem- Hatred between Christians and Jews Protagonist- Antonio (For Comedy); Shylock (For Tragedy) Antagonist- Shylock (For Comedy); Antonio (For Tragedy) Characteristics of Comedy 1. Young lovers struggling to overcome obstacles 2. Mistaken Identity 3. Clever plot twist with multiple plot lines 4. Puns 5. Stock Characters

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    A Streetcar Named Desire is driven by dueling personalities of Blanche and Stanley. The source of their animosity toward each other comes from many sources. These sources include instances where Stanley assumes Blanche sold Belle Reve‚ Blanche asks Stanley to compliment her‚ and when Stanley attacks Stella. The first source of Stanley and Blanche’s animosity toward each other is when Stanley assumes Blanche sold Belle Reve. Stanley questions Stella‚ “she didn’t show you no papers‚ no deed of sale

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    The moment that Blanche and Stanley meet‚ a fire has begun. In the novel‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ the main character‚ Stella’s‚ husband and sister do not get along. Blanche comes to New Orleans‚ Louisiana to visit her sister Stella. Blanche is in for a surprise when she meets Stella’s husband Stanley. From the moment the two meet‚ there is a bad feeling. A Streetcar Named Desire’s author is Tennessee Williams‚ who is from Columbia‚ Mississippi. Blanche and Stanley’s relationship is like an untamed

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    Other common ground that Blanche and Stanley share is that they have both hurt their spouses‚ and felt remorse after the incidents. Blanche is full of guilt‚ feeling responsible for the suicide of her husband‚ Allan. As the story progresses‚ her remorse becomes more and more apparent. She regrets calling him “disgusting” after discovering that he was having an affair with an older man (133). Blanche feels as though Allan’s blood is on her hands because of her harsh judgement‚ and lack of compassion

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    other. However‚ this theme is not always prevalent in positive dialogue‚ as in Tennessee Williams’ A Street Car Named Desire‚ Blanche and Stanley do not go on a date or enjoy any romantic dialogue‚ but fight each other for supremacy of the house and Stella’s affection. Although a boxing rhythm is being imposed on Sure Thing‚ the persistent fighting between Stanley and Blanche in A Street Car Named Desire can be interpreted to have a similar rhythm. Although these two texts are seemingly opposite in

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    cosmopolitan city where there is a relatively warm and easy intermingling of races in the old part of town. Above the music of the "Blue Piano" the voices of people on the street can be heard overlapping. [Two men come around the corner‚ Stanley

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    when Blanche DuBois comes in New Orleans to visit her sister Stella after she lost the family plantation Belle-Reve because of money problems. She then meets her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski‚ a World War II veteran. As soon as they meet each other‚ a mistrustful rivalry starts between them. A Streetcar Named Desire depicts the conflict between two opposing views as a poker game between Blanche and Stanley for control. From the beginning of the play‚ Williams starts distinguishing Stanley and Blanche

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    sweet and fragile Blanche opposed to the cruel and savage Stanley. The play also highlights other dichotomies such as strong and delicate‚ hidden and open‚ and purity and filth. Basically‚ Tennessee Williams uses dichotomies to show main points of theme‚ and Tennessee Williams also use dichotomies to show that viewing life in clear cut options with no grey area is a cause of many problems. One of the main of the themes shown

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    Class conflict is represented throughout the play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire in various ways through characters‚ symbols‚ ideas and language. Characters such as Blanche‚ Stella‚ Mitch and Stanley are used throughout the text to represent the upper and lower classes‚ as well as the conflict between the two classes. Symbols‚ ideas and language help to define the different classes as well as helping to represent the conflict between classes. The language (dialogue) of the characters‚ symbolic use of

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    victim of abuse from those around her. Blanche Dubois‚ Stella’s sister staying with Stella and Stanley from Laurel‚ finds herself lost after loosing a life of luxury on a ranch. Stanley‚ Stella’s husband‚ has irreconcilable differences with Blanch on most views. The great difference between Stanley and Blanche causes Stella to be a middleman: caught in-between the ongoing dispute. This position Stella holds attracts guilt and abuse from Stanley and Blanche. An outsider’s view of sympathy towards

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