In this poem‚ the speaker emphasizes a clash between the enticing aroma of desire and the destruction that vain desire has brought down upon the speaker. He describes Desire’s “worthless woe” in an effort to help the reader get a sense for the intense feeling of contempt that the speaker has for Desire. The alliteration in this line helps to smooth out the delivery of the poem‚ creating a pattern that mirrors human speech. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABABBABABCCBCC‚ and the number of syllables
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Disappearing Desires by Jasmin Nguyen Tiny streams of dark silvery water slithered down the windows of the cathedral. Ethan used his sleeve to wipe away the rain and peered inside‚ his now damp jacket making his right arm shiver. A single chair stood in the centre of the empty hall and Ethan’s heart started to race. This was it‚ he had finally found it. As a child‚ Ethan’s mother had told him stories of places and things that had seemed almost impossible; the Fountain of Youth‚ the Mountain of
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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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some people end up sacrificing all they have for the wrong things they value. In the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ the author gave his audience an insight on what it looks like for a person to give up his or her responsibilities in the quest to find passion. Blanche‚ Williams’‚ the main protagonist in this play‚ gave up absolutely everything for passion and desire. She also had no choice but to deal with internal and external conflicts as consequences for her bad decision-making
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Duty and Desire People could not live without desires for their life. To have a happy life‚ first of all it has to be desired. There is another aspect of life that opposite desire‚ duty. Both of them create life. Jasmine is the main character of the same name novel of Bharati Mukherjee who struggle about what she should act to‚ desire or duty. She was born in a very traditional culture that supports duty while she really want to live a life that she can choose. The story begins with the appearance
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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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The Idea of Bodily Desire Socrates‚ in Plato’s work "Symposium"‚ introduces the ladder of love through his conversation with the God-like figure‚ Diotima. The more knowledge about love one gains‚ the higher they climb and the less they focus on physical beauty. After Socrates has explained these concepts‚ Alcibiades steps in. He is confused because he himself is in love with philosophy‚ but he is also lost in bodily desire. According to the ideology of Socrates as expressed in Plato’s work "Symposium"
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Summary: An analysis of some of the many symbols found in "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams‚ with the help of psychoanalytical theory. Williams’ expert use of these symbols helped him to convey the meaning of many characteristics of the protagonists in the play. It is very debatable nowadays how much psychology can influence an author or how much the author’s psychological features can influence his work. The creation of a character demands different kinds of information and the
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differences are due to physical and physiological differences. Stanley‚ the protagonist in A Streetcar Named Desire‚ is a aggressive and brutal man he represents the males of American society during this time period‚ he demonstrates the desire to have absolute control of his household‚ including his wife. He is referred to as "bestial" and is animalistic in his behavior and his desires. Even in the stage directions you can see that he is a powerful depiction of all that is male‚ magnifying certain
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Conflicting Desires within a Doctrine In the story‚ A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man‚ written by James Joyce‚ the main character Stephen Dedalus has many encounters with women. Women and sexuality are major influences on Stephen’s adolescent life. Another major factor that has an influence on Stephen’s life is the Church. Women and sexuality conflict with the Church and its beliefs‚ and that is one of Stephen’s major problems thus far. Stephen
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