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    Sympathy in A Streetcar Named Desire Throughout A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Williams’s sympathy lies with Blanche. He creates this sympathy‚ in a large part‚ from the obvious trauma she has experienced due to the loss of her husband. This traumatic loss of her beloved was a driving force for the downward spiral that leads Blanche to Stella’s doorstep. However‚ the events that drive Blanche to her ultimate defeat do not begin until after Allan’s death‚ and even she admits‚ “After the death of Allan

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    A consideration of how Emily Bronte‚ Tennessee Williams and Shakespeare consider the notion of illusion and reality in the context of a love story. Wuthering Heights follows the Romantic Movement‚ a movement within literature during the late 18th century with captured intense emotion and passion within writing as opposed to rationalisation. Emily Bronte’s main focal point within the novel is the extreme emotion of love and whether it leads to the characters contentment or ultimate calamity. This

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    test of reality. The musical reinforces the theme of illusion vs. reality through the character Lina as illusion is taking over her reality of her life. Lina has been in Hollywood for many years‚ and is starting to forget the reality of what is really going on. In the musical‚ character Lina seems to be very wrapped around her fame and fortune. Lina read an article in a magazine that her and her co-star‚ Don Lockwood were engaged to be married. With Lina being so tied up in the illusion of her fame

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    song. It shows that emotional feeling and sexual desire of people. The blue piano reveals the inner loneness of people and makes listener try to find someone to get alone. At first‚ the blue piano reflects the different characteristics of people in New Orleans. They are more emotional and passionate to express their own feelings. This is different from the mannered people in Belle Reve. However‚ the music also shows the insecurity and desire to love of people in Elysian Fields. Although they

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    Anosha Ashfaq Nov 2011 paper A Streetcar named Desire Q)Explore the dramatic techniques through which Williams creates the atmosphere of the play. A) Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire is a play that is spilling with dramatic scenes throughout. He uses a wide variety of techniques which help heighten and emphasize the drama in the scenes. These techniques include the use of music such as the “Blue Piano” and “The Varsouviana Polka”‚ Animalistic Images that appear throughout the play

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    At exactly what does too much sunlight exposure result in a burn? In Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Blanche uses light to represent her own identity‚ shrouding it in lanterns and exposing it at times. She also uses it specifically in situations involving romance. Blanche’s use of light in instances with her husband Allan‚ the “boy‚” as well as instances of how she responds to light now in her current life‚ implies how her husband made her too light sensitive – unwilling to be honest

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    Reality vs. Illusion If an illusion masks reality‚ lies and injustice will pervade. Reality is the basis of how life is lived‚ but when illusion tarnishes the normal‚ people are provoked into thinking as a group‚ and loose their individuality. People in general are intelligent‚ but once people submit to a group consciousness‚ they turn into panic-driven animals. This theory is proven in Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible by characters Abigail Williams‚ Reverend Hale‚ and Judge Danforth. As

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    In Tennessee Williams’ play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ the character of Blanche Dubois is a vivid example of the use of symbolism throughout the play. Blanche wants to view things in an unrealistic way. "I don’t want realism. I want magic…I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don’t tell truth‚ I tell what ought to be truth…" (Blanche p.117). She doesn’t want reality; instead she wishes to view a rose-colored version of life that goes along with her old-fashioned southern

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    Illusion vs. Reality In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ Willy Loman cannot decipher the difference of illusion and reality. He roams around in a dream-like state- confused‚ and unaware of reality. Due to his inability to remain focused on the truth‚ a constant struggle developed inside of him‚ engulfing Willy’s thought process. In the end‚ Willy’s inability to accept reality results in his death. Willy Loman‚ a salesman from New York‚ was an extremely confused man. He worked a job in which

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    How and why is the Grotesque Used in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire? Throughout this semester‚ we were introduced to varying degrees of literary styles and themes. From the epiphanies discovered through American Realism‚ to the skepticism explored through Literary Modernism‚ to the conflicts of social conformity and individualism approached by a Post-Modernistic America and its writers. We have had the great opportunity of being exposed to individuals who questioned and pushed

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