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    take on‚ the kind of ambience that he wanted to portray is that of a drunken night. Williams wanting a ‘picture of Van Gogh’s of a billiard-parlour at night’ to be shown on stage is intentional‚ as it reflects some of the characters problems such as Blanche and her substantial amount of alcohol consumption that is expressed on several occasions where she tries to hide that she had been drinking Stanley’s alcohol. The picture painted by the author of the surroundings gives the impression of a somewhat

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    Victim Impact Statement – Drafted by Blanche Dubois Creative Writing Task – English HL Divya Jethwani (12B) Victim Impact Statement – Drafted by Blanche Dubois Creative Writing Task – English HL Divya Jethwani (12B) Your honor‚ I‚ Blanche DuBois am here today‚ as your living example of how a cruel crime can affect a person so radically‚ bringing in a change so drastic causing them to feel alienated and unwanted. The case with regard to my rape that we address in the court today may

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    stating she barely touches alcohol is immediately contradicting to the audience as we just saw her drinking. Also Mitch quotes Stanley‚ saying that she is drinking all his liquor‚ Blanches alcoholism is not shown visually abundant but the dialogue certainly builds this aspect into her character. Another huge desire Blanche has is her flirtatious nature and urge to find a man that could fill the loss of her husband. One of the first examples of this is when she flirts with Stanley and even tells her

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    the quote‚ “The music of the ‘blue piano’ grows louder.” is mentioned after Stella realizes Bele Reve really is gone and Blanche confirms. The increase in volume shows the intensity which they feel‚ having to accept that Bele Reve is gone. To extend on the idea that an increase in volume of the blue piano represents intense emotions‚ the volume goes up on page 44 after Blanche gets shocking news of Stella having a baby. Following this on page 115 of Scene Six‚ the Varsouviana Polka is mentioned and

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    Streetcar Named Desire is the romantic Blanche DuBois‚ the play is a work of social realism. Blanche explains to Mitch that she fibs because she refuses to accept the hand fate has dealt her. Lying to herself and to others allows her to make life appear as it should be rather than as it is. Stanley‚ a practical man firmly grounded in the physical world‚ disdains Blanche’s fabrications and does everything he can to unravel them. The antagonistic relationship between Blanche and Stanley is a struggle between

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    his character’s alive in his play‚ A Streetcar name desire. In the story the reader follows a young southern woman by the name of Blanche Dubois as she moves to New Orleans to live with her sister‚ Stella‚ and her brother-in-law‚ Stanley. From there the reader slowly sees the Blanche’s descent into madness as she begins to lose her grip on reality. In the play Blanche is characterized using symbols like‚ bathing‚ light‚ and music. Bathing is a big example of symbolism in the play. Bathing represents

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    70 Cambridge Checkpoints HSC Advanced English Sample response: Film Prescribed text: Strictly Ballroom‚ Baz Luhrmann‚ 1997 Related text: A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Tennessee Williams‚ 1947 (drama) Introduction names the texts and links them directly to the question Develops a thesis which applies to both texts The topic sentence on not belonging connects the next two paragraphs which are about the same idea but discuss the different texts separately Using supporting evidence

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    understand them and their actions. The nuances of speech set the characters in their class context and show the differences of social status and education as well as of character. In A Streetcar Named Desire the very marked differences between Stanley and Blanche are stressed by Stanley’s non-grammatical‚ coarse‚ often slangy speech as against Blanche’s high-flown rhetoric which often rings false (as it is meant

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    [Both Stanley’s and Stella’s tempers starts to rise. Stanley stands up‚ facing his body toward Stella while she remains to sit on the bed.] STANLEY [bellowing]: But I understood you‚ Stell! [Stanley attempts sway Stella from her ideas of Blanche.] Baby‚ can’t we go back to the way it was before? You remember that? I pulled you down from her world‚ and you loved it! Oh‚ baby doll‚ we were so happy together. All the fun we had! All alone with nobody to hear us! I pulled you down from the columns

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    Streetcar Named Desire. By hyperbolizing the cast’s personalities‚ the story takes on an eerie quality. Our introduction to the cast begins with Blanche‚ arguably the most off-putting of all the personalities presented. Blanche comes to New Orleans on the brink of insanity only to see that her sister‚ once the perfect southern belle just like Blanche‚ has moved away from that antiquated way of life and into the up and coming‚ industrialized world of gruff immigrants and compromised living space

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