“The Piano Teacher” “The Piano Teacher” is a novel written by Elfriede Jelinek and first published in 1983. It was made into a motion picture directed by Michael Haneke and won three major prizes at the Cannes 2001 festival including best actress for Isabelle Huppert and best actor for Benoit Magimel. Erika Kohut is a piano teacher at the Conservatory of Vienna. She is a very up tight‚ rigid and cold person. As I kept reading the book I understood that it was not her fault she came up to
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attachment to the past. She has lived her whole life in Laurel‚ a small southern town; her family had aristocratic roots and taught Blanche about some of the finer things in life. Unfortunately‚ she cannot cope with life outside Laurel. Her life is a lesson in how a single tragic event can ruin the future; her refusal to come out of the time warp and cope with the real world‚ makes her unrealistic and flighty. At the age of sixteen‚ she fell in love with‚ worshipped‚ and eloped with a sensitive boy.
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This is a metaphor that also alludes to the name of the play. It fits into the plot of the story because it highlights Blanche’s journey from her past in Laurel. She was fired for having relations with a high school student‚ which led to her social death and that led her to Elysian Fields. It is meaningful because this proves that we need to be careful with how we live our life and how our decisions can impact our life both positively and negatively. This quote describes that Stanley would not have
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‘To what extent is Stanley the villain of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire?’ Within literature a villain is traditionally malicious in character and inflicts pain both emotionally and physically; someone who becomes an obstacle the protagonist must struggle to overcome and who takes pleasure in bringing about their demise. ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ is the famous story of Blanche du Bois and Stanley Kowalski’s passionate power struggle; written by Tennessee Williams in 1947‚ the Play is set in New Orleans
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The loss of traditional values can be seen at the beginning of the play by the portrayal of the fading Southern beauty‚ Blanche‚ in Laurel‚ Mississippi. Her home‚ Belle Reve‚ and family fortune were gone. It reveals that she is having a financial difficulty. Since she lost her young husband to suicide years earlier‚ she has a strong need for human affection. Later‚ she was fired from her job as an English teacher because she had an affair with a teenage student. Finally‚ she has no choice but to
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Piano In the early 1700s‚ a new modification to a classic favorite‚ the harpsichord‚ changed the world of music across all genres. In 1709 a new instrument‚ classy and sophisticated‚ yet loud and dynamic was brought into the world by Bartolomeo Cristofori. The piano has continued a well loved legacy of many instruments predating it‚ while changing its mechanics significantly. The mechanics of the piano consist of three main components. They are: a stretched string made from high-carbon steel
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A Nightmare on Elm Street A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the better horror movies. There are quite a few Freddy Krueger movies out there‚ and this movie all started in 1984‚ with A Nightmare on Elm Street. In 2010‚ there came a remake of the 1984 Nightmare on Elm Street movie. In these two movies there are comparisons and differences between these two‚ which include Freddy Krueger himself‚ music and sound effects‚ nightmares‚ and the graphics. Freddy Krueger is pretty much the same
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literature that support this quote. The first work of literature that supports this quote is a play by Tennessee Williams “ A Streetcar Named Desire” and another play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare tells about the characters about how they do many things without thinking and then they just don’t want to face the situation. The play “ A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams confirms that the quote is related to the play. In this play‚ it shows a story of two sisters. One of the sister
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Fantasy vs. Reality Blanche is sufficiently self-aware to know that she cannot survive in the world as it is. Reality is too harsh‚ so she must somehow create illusions that will allow her to maintain her delicate‚ fragile hold on life. “A woman’s charm is fifty percent illusion” (scene 2) she acknowledges to Stanley. Later in the story line when Mitch wants to switch the light on so that he can get a realistic look at her‚ she tells him that she does not want realism‚ she wants magic. When Mitch
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Analysis of Major Characters Blanche DuBois When the play begins‚ Blanche is already a fallen woman in society’s eyes. Her family fortune and estate are gone‚ she lost her young husband to suicide years earlier‚ and she is a social pariah due to her indiscrete sexual behavior. She also has a bad drinking problem‚ which she covers up poorly. Behind her veneer of social snobbery and sexual propriety‚ Blanche is an insecure‚ dislocated individual. She is an aging Southern belle who lives in a state
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