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    the streetcar called desire represents the journey of her own life. Desire is her first step‚ just as it was the first step of her life after her husband died. That is why she slept with many men after he died. Her next step of her journey is Cemeteries‚ which is a symbol for death. Elysian Fields is the name of the street where Stella and Stanley live. The play and title tells us everything like the plot and theme. Desire is the key the whole movie was about Blanche desire to be accepted by the

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    The Human Person and Sexual Desire Human beings have a natural tendency to violate the natural laws of the universe‚ such as destroying rainforests or spilling oil into the ocean. Our treatment of sexual activity is similar in regards to us violating the purpose of sexual activity‚ which is reproduction. When God created the earth‚ God’s purpose was for humans to “be fruitful and multiply”. Nowhere in there did God say anything about engaging in sex for the purpose of pleasure. However‚ human

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    Define conformity‚ and distinguish between compliance‚ obedience‚ and acceptance‚ giving examples of each. What types of influences lead to conformity? When are we likely to conform and why does it have a negative connotation in Western society? Compare and contrast the conformity experiments of Sherif and Asch. Describe their methodology and the results that they observed. What processes seem to be at work in each case? In your view‚ would we get the same results today? Conformity is defined

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    the 21st century. We all can feel how sin pollutes our life. The sin of sexual desire hits us all at our core and tries to break down the barriers of our faith. Sexual desire itself is not sinful‚ when used in marriage. However‚ when sexual desire causes catastrophic effects and pollutes our everyday living‚ it becomes dangerously sinful. Which is gratified in these three epics. Consequently‚ the sin of sexual desire in Gilgamesh‚ the Iliad and Aeneid ultimately leads to the humiliation of

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    Nostalgia‚ the desire to live in the past and a feeling that mainly every person experiences. To go back to the days where a person was innocent and didn’t care about the actions they performed‚ no matter how silly and foolish the actions were. Mainly‚ nostalgia is something that is believe to have a positive meaning where a person recalls good memories. However‚ nostalgia can consume you and cause a negative aspect. Tony Hoagland’s book Sweet Ruins tells about the nostalgia that a character feels

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    "Suppressed Desires" by Susan Glaspell is a two-scene play about a woman‚ Henrietta‚ who is obsessed with dream interpretation and seems unable to stop over-analyzing the dreams of her husband‚ Stephen‚ and Henrietta’s unsophisticated sister‚ Mabel. Mabel knows so little about psychoanalysis that she think it is "something about war‚" though she has seen a psychiatrist‚ Dr. Russell‚ the same psychiatrist who cares for Stephen. Henrietta respects psychoanalysis until eventually‚ her mind changes about

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    A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" presents a fragment from the lives of a few individuals who meet in less desirable circumstances and eventually produce one of the most remarkable American modern tragedies. The main characters of this story are Blanche DuBois‚ Stella Kowalski‚ Stanley Kowalski and Harold “Mitch” Mitchell‚ and Eunice. The play begins with a verse from “The Broken Tower” by Hart Crane which Williams uses with the intent to prepare the reader

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    The desire for freedom is a similar aspect of the female protagonists Louise Mallard‚ Mathilde Loisel‚ and Emily Grierson.</b></i><br><br>In Kate Chopin’s‚ "The Story of an Hour‚" Guy DE Maupassant’s‚ "The Necklace‚" and William Faulkner’s‚ "A Rose for Emily‚" the female protagonist’s have a desire for freedom. The stories are about three women living in patriarchal societies. Each character longs for freedom in a different way‚ but because of the men in their lives they are unable to make

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    Ogulcan Bayol‚ 11-H In the play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ written by Tennessee Williams‚ Blanche the protagonist who is mentally fragile and depends on her sister’s help to overcome various adversities as her husband’s passing away and her paying many debts decides to move to New Orleans‚ where her sister lives. Throughout the play‚ Blanche‚ who is from a southern part called Laurel‚ strives to conform to society’s norms and attempts to find a man to marry her; but she is incapable of feeling

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    ‘Dead Poets Society’‚ directed by Peter Weir‚ demonstrates the theme of conformity and the ideas surrounding it using various film techniques. The methods are comprised of; mise-en-scene‚ dialogue‚ long shots‚ symbolism and camera angles. These display the lack of individuality within the school‚ Mr Keating’s alternative viewpoints‚ and the impact of conformity on student’s lives. Weir exhibits the alternative outcomes of conformity via the characters Neil‚ Todd‚ Charlie‚ Knox‚ Richard‚ Steven‚ and Gerard

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