Streetcar Named Desire” a tragedy for Blanche or Stella? Aristotle stated “the structure of the best tragedy should…be… complex” representing” incidents arousing pity and fear “. It’s understood that the focus of tragedy is human suffering and a tragedy must be accessible to audiences‚ creating a shared catharsis. Although Aristotle refers to classical tragedies‚ a domestic tragedy like “A Streetcar Named Desire” ensures a greater understanding as it is realistic. Blanche‚ as the protagonist‚ endures more
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The final outcome claimed the victory of pragmatics‚ in other words‚ the failure of fantasy whose representative was Blanche. She was an idealist and romanticist proven by her saying‚ “I don’t want realism‚ I want magic” (Act I‚ Scene 9). Due to her first homosexual lover and the decline of her family in early years‚ she dissatisfied with the reality just as she disliked the naked light bulb which was “a rude remark or a vulgar action.”(Act I‚ scene 3) Thus‚ In order to keep the last dignity of a
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Booker T. Washington VS. WEB DuBois In the days when segregation was not uncommon‚ there were two men that played a huge part in the fight for equality in the United States. Booker T. Washington and WEB DuBois were great leaders‚ who supporterted civil rights‚ yet also disagreed on various issues related to reconstruction‚ poverty‚ racism‚ and discrimination. Both Washington and DuBois worked on reforming education as well as eliminating discrimination towards Blacks‚ but their strategies of
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2). This aforementioned quote relates to the relationship of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. There is obvious dissent in the contentious actions between the two in “A Streetcar Named Desire” and it later grows as their personal views clash. The acrimony between the two was not always there but it later grew because of Stella Kowalski and the contrasting characters of both Stanley Kowalski and DuBois. The relationship between DuBois and Stanley Kowalski was already missing even despite the time
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Bio William Edward Burghardt Du Bois‚ known as W.E.B. Du Bois‚ was born on February 23‚ 1868‚ in Great Barrington‚ Massachusetts. While growing up in a mostly European American town‚ he identified himself as "mulatto‚" but freely attended school with whites and was enthusiastically supported in his academic studies by his white teachers. In 1885‚ he moved to Nashville‚ Tennessee‚ to attend Fisk University. It was there that he first encountered Jim Crow laws. For the first time‚ he began analyzing
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African Americans have suffered from the hands of the majority for more than 400 years. As time went by‚ with the help from a group of individuals and specific events‚ American citizens slowly started to accept African Americans as equal individuals. Being a slave is not only a degrading and disgraceful way of living‚ it also means that you are considered property to another human being. Which also means that the slave owner has every right to treat his or her slave however they feel. Slavery
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Desire‚ the character of Blanche Dubois is a vivid example of the use of symbolism throughout the play. Blanche wants to view things in an unrealistic way. "I don’t want realism. I want magic I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don’t tell truth‚ I tell what ought to be truth " (Blanche p.117). She doesn’t want reality; instead she wishes to view a rose-colored version of life that goes along with her old-fashioned southern belle personality. Blanche doesn’t want to face
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On the last post‚ I agreed more with DuBois that education was the answer because it offers people of color a voice with which to firmly oppose the injustices done against them‚ and education is the key to ultimately gaining success. I argued that Malcolm X’s idea was more radical because of the terminology he used (“liberty or death”‚ stop singing and start swinging) and because I was told to believe he was a violent‚ pro-Black advocate. However‚ after the discussions in class‚ I changed my mind
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In the early history of the civil rights movement two men‚ Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois‚ offered solutions to the cold discrimination of blacks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Washington taking the more incremental progressive approach was detested by Du Bois who took the radical approach of immediate and total equality both politically and economically. And although both views were needed for progress Washington’s "don’t rock the boat" approach seemed to be the most
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When looking at America’s current educational system‚ the last thing you might think is "this needs a total overhaul." Well this thought‚ while extreme‚ may not be far from the truth as supported in the article "A Question of Degree" by Blanche D. Blank. In her article‚ Blank proposes several different legislation changes that would completely alter how schools‚ colleges and business look and operate in America. Primarily‚ Blank wants to enact a law preventing companies from discriminating against
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