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    In the middle of blazing amber hang in the blue celestial sphere‚ the sheer edge of cliffs‚ the rock strewn hills‚ the fierce seas‚ there’s the vigorous she surviving the human breeds though suffering‚enduring the greatest in the male dominant world where her dreams‚ passion‚ choices and the perspective of life ain’t prioritised‚ just breathing in a shell following the orders like a machine whose remote is controlled by the dominator however me belongs to an indigenous artistic but grievous home(Baluchistan)where

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    Jake Kahr Period 3 In Tennessee Williams‚ “A Street Car Named Desire”‚ Blanche Dubious is a complex‚ fascinating character who symbolizes many things throughout the book. Appropriately dressed in white‚ Blanche is first introduced as a symbol of innocence and chastity. Aristocratic‚ refined‚ and sensitive‚ this delicate beauty has a moth-like appearance. She has come to New Orleans to seek refuge at the home of her sister Stella and her coarse Polish husband‚ Stanley. With her nervous and refined

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    A Streetcar Named Desire Essay Questions 2. Tennessee Williams wrote A Streetcar Named Desire in order to exemplify the basic sexuality of humans. To do this he uses the most primitive bits of human nature and magnifies them into his characters’ personalities. The bare innocence of Stella‚ the raw masculinity of Stanley‚ and the sheer insanity of Blanche‚ all to show uniquely human qualities. To say that Stanley is an animalistic and primitive being‚ would be stating the obvious. Being married

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    ways in which isolation or alienation from society are presented in any two of the texts you have studied. We witness cases of alienation in the texts The Scarlet Letter and A Streetcar Named Desire‚ which are presented mainly in the female protagonists Hester Prynne and Blanche DuBois. However‚ although both characters experience isolation from their respective societies‚ it is my contention that the causes for their isolation are different. While Hester’s isolation is largely societal‚ Blanche

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    The fusion of Eros and Thanatos in A Streetcar Named Desire Death and desire have been linked closely together ever since Freud identified Eros (the instinct of life‚ love and sexuality) and Thanatos (the instinct of death and destruction) as two coinciding and conflicting drives within human being (Cranwell). In Tennesse Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) these fundamental drives of Eros and Thanatos dominate the story from the beginning to the end. This becomes particularly clear through

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    I love Robert‚ yet I am prepared to explore my freedom and sexuality. I love Robert‚ yet my heart is unwilling to walk from one marriage into another. I love Robert‚ yet I need to love other people as well. I love Robert‚ yet I love myself more. My new life beckons me‚ and as I walk towards it‚ my uncertainties are being crushed under my feet. The soft sand of the shore dissolves my doubts and vulnerabilities. I want to be my own mistress and pet any desire that arouses in me. I intend to immerse

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    A Streetcar Named Desire is 1947 play written by Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams III. It is based on Blanche’s visit to her sister and her conflicts with Stella’s husband‚ Stanley because of their social and perceptional differences. In the ending part of the first scene‚ the first encounter of Blanche and Stanley beginning after the Stanley’s arrival to house after bowling and until the end of the scene‚ Williams aimed to present the characters‚ Stanley as brutal‚ wildish and Blanche’s sensitive

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    In the movie‚ A Street Car Named Desire‚ Blanche uses the quote‚ “I don’t want realism. I want magic! Yes‚ Yes‚ magic! I try to give that to people." to explain her desire for her fantasy life to become reality. Blanches fantasy life would restore her youth‚ forgive her past and she would be more welcomed by people like Stanley and Mitch. I do agree with her statement‚ and believe that living in a “fantasy world” for a short period of time can be beneficial‚ but I do not agree with the circumstances

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    Blanche is the most sympathetic character Blanche is most sympathetic character in Tennessee William’s’ A Streetcar Names Desire. At first the audience’s reactions to Blanche would be negative because of her judgment and action. However‚ as Williams reveals more details about her past the audience start to feel that why she did like that‚ and events in her life beyond her control have led her to be this way and‚ would certainly feel sympathy for her. Blanche had sad past. Her young husband ‚Allan

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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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