How far does Blanche Dubois measure up to the status of tragic heroine? Looking at the definition of hero‚ we see that in mythology and legend‚ a man‚ often of divine ancestry‚ who is endowed with great courage and strength‚ celebrated for his bold exploits‚ and favoured by the gods. A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose‚ especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life: soldiers and nurses who were heroes in an unpopular war. A person noted for special achievement
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“Blanche as a Southern Belle represents all that is dead and decaying about the Old South‚ whereas Stanley stands for the dynamic‚ vibrant future.” To what extent do you agree? From the early stages of the play it is clear that Blanche and Stanley are polar opposites in terms of their personality‚ upbringing‚ and social outlooks. Stanley interprets Blanche to be a threat to his wife and home‚ although she sees herself as the protectionist and sees Stanley as an “ape” who has dragged her dear
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This play is about people who display cruelty and harshness in their treatment to others‚ especially those who are weak and vulnerable. Blanche Dubois is the central victim of mistreatment even though she had tried to make Stanley the victim. She displays her self as fragile and moth like‚ dealing out her share of insensitivities that happened during her younger days. Also because of her moth like image‚ the other characters see her as an easy target to knock down and use her insecurities against
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The Confesion de los Moriscos is a surprisingly remarkable text. It was composed during the first years of the seventeenth century‚ around the time‚ 1609‚ when the Moriscos were expelled from Spain. It is found in one extant Manuscript copy‚ dating from the second decade of the century‚ in a volume of Quevedo’s works that once belonged to Salazar y Castro. Astrana believed that the manuscript is autograph‚ thus positively attributing the Confesion to Quevedo. Crosby‚ on his part‚ questioned the
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Mitch says to Blanche and the end of scene six “You need somebody and I need somebody too. Could it be me and you‚ Blanche?” Explore the ways in which Williams presents and uses the relationship of Blanche and Mitch in the play as a whole. When Blanche meets Mitch‚ she realises that her is someone who can give her a sense of belonging and who is also captivated by her “girlish” charms. She deceives him into thinking her‚ as she would like to be –prim and proper – however‚ as she later tells Mitch:
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Name: Ngọc Trương Class: 10M Hi everyone today I’m going to tell you one of the most famous American actor in America. He is also a film producer and a screenwriter. His name is George Clooney. He was born in May 6‚ 1961. For his work as an actor‚ he has received three Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award. His latest film was The Ides of March (2011). Clooney’s humanitarian work includes raising funds for the 2010 Haiti earthquake‚ and 2004 Tsunami. Clooney was born in Lexington‚ Kentucky
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A comparison between the three parodies in the poetry anthology ‘The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’ and ‘Come live with me and be my love’ are poems that show what the poets are willing to offer to their loves if they are to come to live with them. ‘The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd’ is an answer to the shepherd’s request. In all these poems‚ the first and last two lines of the stanzas rhyme. For example in “The Passionate Shepherd” the rhyming words are ‘love’ and ‘prove’; ‘fields’
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Discuss the representations of the various ‘other’ women in the novel: Mrs Reed‚ Miss Temple‚ Céline Varens‚ Blanche Ingram and‚ to a lesser extent‚ Bertha Mason. What does Jane learn from these women? Which are positive role models? Which are negative? Throughout the novel‚ there are female characters who are either positive or negative role models to Jane. Due to the novel being about Jane’s personal development‚ the portrayals of the role models are such as to highlight how they influence Jane’s
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Analyse how one film demonstrates features which can be considered as post-modern. Discuss with reference to concepts such as: pastiche‚ irony‚ fragmentation and parody. Film within the post-modern genre simply illustrates the ideas of postmodernism through expressive art. Postmodern can be defined as a “genre of art and literature… in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism” In this essay I will be outlining the key concepts as well as characteristics that can be found
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antagonism between Blanche and Stanley. Blanche’s dislike and condescending opinion towards Stanley are shown through the overheard conversation she had with Stella in Scene 4. When she unreservedly degrades Stanley by drawing parallels between him and a “survivor of the Stone Age”‚ she further says‚ “there’s even something- sub-human” and “ape-like about him”. Immediate antagonism is created as Blanche dehumanises him and despises him for his “bestial behaviour”. Stanley sees Blanche as a threat to
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