Anxiety‚ mental breakdowns‚ alcohol and drug abuser‚ there’s only so much distress someone can tolerate before they go off talking to themselves on the streets. Woody Allen’s famous release of the drama “Blue Jasmine” features best actress of her generation‚ Cate Blanchett as Jasmine Francis. This Manhattan socialite is forced to live with her downscale adoptive sister Giger (Sally Hawkins) in San Francisco after her million dollar lifestyle fell apart. As an attempt to move on and start a new life
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Anyone can succeed through hard work and persistence. That was the original American Dream‚ and that notion has somewhat been at the heart of American culture through history. However‚ composers F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ author of ’The Great Gatsby ’ (1926)‚ and Sam Mendes‚ director of the movie ’American Beauty ’ (1999)‚ explain in their texts that the pursuit of the American Dream is futile. In addition‚ Fitzgerald shows that subscribing to it leads to irresponsibility and a lack of morals‚ and doesn
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The Great Gatsby is a story about love in the 1920’s. It tells the story of the affair between Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby as well as the affair between Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson. It is told from the point of view of Nick Carraway who is Daisy’s cousin and managed to get himself entangled in everything. The movie The Great Gatsby and the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald have many things in common‚ but also have some major differences. Like any book based off of a movie the characters
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First‚ Romeo and Juliet is has qualities similar to The Great Gatsby because of leading males who will do anything for love. Romeo and Jay Gatsby both are head over heals in love with their women‚ but the difference is between leading ladies‚ Juliet and Daisy. While Juliet is equally in love with Romeo and willing to do anything to be together‚ Daisy is more shallow and selfish. When it came down to the end‚ Juliet was willing to die with Romeo while Daisy wasn’t even capable of leaving Tom because
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‘A Streetcar named Desire‚’ is an interesting play‚ by Tennessee Williams. The character ’Blanche DuBois’ is created to evoke sympathy‚ as the story follows her tragic deterioration in the months she lived with her sister Stella‚ and brother-in-law Stanley. After reading the play‚ I saw Blanche as the victim of Stanley’s aggressive ways‚ and I also saw her as a hero in my eyes. Blanche’s devistating past is just one of the reasons I felt sympathy for her. Troubled from her past‚ Blanche has a
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In Tennessee Williams’ play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ he shows illumination for the play through the fight scenes between Stella and Stanley then later on between Stanley and Blanche. Overall it illuminates Blanches unnatural longing for a magical life and shows how she desires a make believe world and society in which she will always have a happy ending and a perfect life. Also the fights show how Stella’s loyalty to her husband‚ Stanley‚ is stronger than her loyalty to her sister‚ Blanche. The
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love story of all time. It is only in the case of this novel that that statement can be applied and be true. The Great Gatsby is narrated by Nick Carraway in the roaring 1920’s in America. Nick moves to East egg‚ the smaller area in comparison to west egg but also where the mega-rich live. He moved into a little house and was the neighbor of Jay Gatsby’s huge mansion. Unlike Nick‚ Gatsby is a very famous and mega-rich person that likes to throw magnificent parties every weekend which the whole town
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In Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire‚ there is a constant battle between fantasy and reality. Blanche represents the desire to escape reality and her adversary‚ Stanley‚ represents the harsh reality of life. The battle between these two forces is revealed to the audience through the symbolic use of light and darkness in the play. Blanche is so traumatized and burdened by the reality of her life that her only way to cope is to retreat into a fantasy world. She comes to stay with her sister
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and can be representative of all the mistakes made. These memories can be very influential on essentially every aspect of one’s life‚ from emotional stability to decision-making abilities. Tennessee Williams in his contemporary play‚ A Streetcar named Desire‚ shows the significance of 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
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Streetcar Named Desire & Mean Girls speech/essay: In every human relationship‚ there is some kind of power involved. It is the core of all human relationships. The power of seduction between a women and a man‚ the power of persuasion‚ the power of strength over weakness‚ the power that a parent holds over a child‚ power of wealth and social statues are just some different kinds of power which are adapted in own everyday lives. With friendship‚ comes decisions‚ which comes then with control
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