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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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    looking at the protagonist of the play. Blanche Dubois is the protagonist and as the play develops we can begin to see that Stanley develops in to the antagonist. The two characters are the polar opposite of one another‚ Blanche is described as beautiful and moth like which allows us to see that she is very delicate and by the name ‘Blanche’ which means white we can see that she has a vulnerable and insecure nature‚ whereas Stanley is juxtaposed to Blanche‚ she wears white however Stanley wears ‘polka-dot

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    symbolized by Blanche and Stanley respectively. The first way through which Williams considered human illusions in his play is through language. The author uses monologues and speeches to include literary conventions that will transmit the idea of illusion. When Blanche first arrives in Stella’s apartment‚ they have a dialogue in which Blanche gives her first impressions of the scenery and explains the reasons she left her homeland. It is one of the first contacts the audience has with Blanche‚ a key

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    reality‚ Blanche Dubois arrives in New Orleans with the impression of a patronising‚ wealthy school teacher who has no time for those who she believes to be below her class as we see in her rudeness to Eunice at the very beginning. As the play progresses we see that Blanche is merely projecting a persona which hides both her past and the inevitably grim future that awaits her. On the other side we have Blanche’s brother-in-law Stanley who acts in opposition of the illusion which Blanche has created

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    Stella‚ and Blanche. Because of low self esteem and her delusional thought process Blanche is most affected by the madness. Blanche’s delusional life style leads her to compulsively lie‚ live a promiscuous life style‚ and alcoholism. Blanche tries constantly to deal with her own madness‚ but her delusional mental state is constantly effect by the people around her. Although she causes most of the problems in her life some of her madness is justifiable. By the end of the play Blanche can no longer

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    books about kids cutting themselves will make other kids think that it is perfect normal to cut. People think that just because its in the books that it make it ok and it is not. Next‚ these “dark” books could be teaching kids lessons. In source B Farley says “Novels can help provide kids with moral architecture to house ideas about the world.” When reading Young Adult Literature‚ kids can pick up positive things besides the dark things. When the kids are exposed they could feel safer and know how

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    melodrama. The main characters’‚ sisters Blanche and Jane Hudson‚ personalities are developed immediately and do not change throughout the movie. Baby Jane was a child star in the 1910s whose career as an actress faded away in her early adulthood. Now an older woman‚ Jane has an unhealthy obsession with her childhood fame and cannot seem to let it go‚ which is perfectly reflected in her caked on makeup‚ and results in some sort of mental disorder. Blanche was jealous of Baby Jane as a child‚ but

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    the memories of the past in the life of a young female protagonist. Blanche Debois’ past memories have contributed to her development as a character‚ her delusional behaviour and her foreshadowed demise as a tragic heroine. The playwright showcases the significance of the memories of one’s past and its direct correlation and effects on the development of one’s character‚ one’s ability to cope with reality‚ and one’s future. Blanche Debois is a happily married school teacher who lives in Laurel‚ Mississippi

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    A Streetcar named Desire Scene 1 analysed Simran Kaur Sandhu‚ 12G Williams’ begins the scene with a description of New Orleans’ Elysian Fields; the town in which it is set. It seems old and slightly poor which begs the audience to ask the question ‘why?’ as America during the 1950’s was known for its stability and its economic boom in which all areas of America were invested in. So had this town been neglected‚ is it that cut off from mainstream America? The section is described as having a

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    misleading impression of reality. In Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire‚ characters such as Blanche Dubois‚ Harold Mitchell (Mitch)‚ and Stella Kowalski often use illusion in an attempt to escape reality. Blanche Dubois is a woman who uses fantasy in order to protect herself from her own fears and the undesirable circumstances which occur in her life. Mitch uses illusion by regarding Blanche as the perfect woman in order to escape her lies and false reality. Stella uses illusion to make it

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