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    symbols‚ Williams narrated the tragedy of Blanche’s downward spiral into the internal abyss by employing the polka music. What commenced Blanche Dubois’s mental decline was the death of her husband‚ Allan Grey. Explicitly‚ it was how he perished that caused such issues in Blanche to emerge. Like any

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    Named Desire A woman named Blanche Dubois‚ sister to Stella Dubois comes to visit her and her husband Stanley Kowalski. To Blanche’s surprise her sister’s husband Stanley is not like the men she knew growing up. Blanche is a fading southern beauty who has experienced many things since the loss of her home‚ Belle Reve. Throughout the story the reader sees Blanche having episodes that have the reader thinking Blanche is crazy. By the end of the story the reader sees Blanche actually become completely

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    Compare and contrast the ways in which Austen and Waugh present the two friendships in their respective novels In both “Emma and “Brideshead Revisited” there is a strong sense that Harriet and Charles are brought into realms that they have never been in before‚ however to what extent are these worlds of luxury and indulgence damaging for the protagonists is an essential question in both novels. Both Harriet and Charles gain an insight into the worlds of their respective companions; Both Emma and

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    is married to Stella. Stella is Blanche’s younger sister. Blanche is the object of Stanley’s Id and the spark of Stella’s ego. Stella is the “middle man” or more of the “Ego” of the story. Stella plays both sides throughout the play. Pleasing both her husband and sister takes a dramatic toll on her. Stella possesses a substantial percentage of Ego. Blanche brings that out of her numerous times as the play unfolds. In scene three where Blanche is in the shower and Stanley is going through her things

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    Speaker & Page: Blanche (Scene 1‚ bottom of 21) Quotation: “I‚ I‚ I took the blows in my face and my body! All of those deaths! The parade to graveyard! Father‚ mother! Margaret‚ that dreadful way!” Significance: Blanch was blaming Stella for abandoning her back at the plantation home. While Stella thinks that Blanche is overreacting‚ Blanche is trying to express her true feelings of agony to Stella and how these events have affected her life for the worse. Quote #2 Speaker & Page: Blanche (Scene 4‚

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    that often catches the attention of readers is the poker scene. It begins when Blanche and Stella return from seeing a show too early‚ not wanting to have been a distraction or a nuisance while the men played poker. Stanley rudely dismisses the ladies making sure they know they aren’t welcome to join in‚ the tension escalates as does the banter and Stanley whacks Stella’s thigh to end the discussion. Mitch and Blanche then meet for the first time as he exits the bathroom and they are both immediately

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    Sometimes the people in which others associate themselves with are the ones who restrict them from their dreams.In "A streetcar named Desire"‚ the two main opposing characters are Blanche and Stanely as the desires they want can’t exist with each other’s company. The fake world that Blanche has fabricated with all her compulsive lies can only subsist in her mind if it’s reassured by the belief of it all from those around her.Blanche wants the artificial reality she has created in her mind to

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    A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams And so it was I entered the broken world To trace the visionary company of love‚ its voice An instant in the wind (I know not whither hurled) But not for long to hold each desperate choice "The Broken Tower" by Hart Crane SCENE ONE The exterior of a two-story corner building on a street in New Orleans which is named Elysian Fields and runs between the L & N tracks and the river. The section is poor but‚ unlike corresponding

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    is a play that depicts the tragedy of Blanche Dubois‚ a daughter of the wealthy landowner in the South. As a result of the fall of the family‚ her life starts to collapse by struggling between ideal and reality. Having experinenced the terrible reality; her husband’s homosexuality and suicide‚ Blanche feels the distance between her dream life and her relentless reality‚ but she becomes more obseessed with the past‚ and doesn’t aceept the reality For me‚ Blanche Dubois was the most sympathetic and

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    In the play A Streetcar Named Desire written by Tennessee Williams‚ there are two sisters‚ Blanche DuBois and Stella Kowalski‚ who couldn’t be more different from each other. Blanche is a melodramatic‚ mature‚ old-fashioned Southern belle; while Stella is understanding‚ content‚ and protective. A Streetcar Named Desire takes place in the 1950’s in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. It starts with Blanche DuBois going to visit her sister Stella from the South‚ who is a mature English teacher from Belle Reve

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