Feminist critique on a street car named desire Although the play itself would have made huge strides in the feminist movement at the time the message behind the play brings out a crucial and relevant message to the audience today‚ and asks bigger questions to young people in a generation that questionably has made very few steps forward in the past few decades. It questions how gendered stereotyping controls our society and how little both sexes care to amend it in an apathetic civilisation. Blanche
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new people‚ to a certain extent reflect freedom from the gender expectations and social structures of previous generations. Paragraph one: • Introduce and compare the male characters of both texts. • Jobs‚ roles and masculinity Stanley Myron Mitch Charlie Engineer in a factory - Physical labor Fireman - Predominantly a male job - Physical labor Sensitive Sensitive Power – show in his physical attributes Drug dealer – expresses masculinity Insecure - The coat Insecure - find
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two bore unmistakable signs of violent destruction. One of these layers‚ the seventh according to more recent excavators‚ was no doubt the city of Priam and Hector. The historicity of the Homeric tale had been demonstrated archaeologically." - M.I. Finley‚ the World of Odysseus Introduction The Trojan War and its characters are detailed in the writings of Homer‚ Vergil‚ Dante and many others. It is a fantastical tale of a decade-long siege of a powerful city by a massive pan-hellenic force.
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Tennessee Williams was written in the late in the late 1940’s in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. In literature‚ the patriarchy is said to oppress all women and most men. This can be seen as true during the journey of characters such as Blanche‚ Stella‚ and Mitch. On the other hand‚ the text also conveys how the patriarchy can empower men‚ through the representation of the character of Stanley. In the play‚ Stella can be seen as the usual oppression of the feminine by the representation of the patriarchy
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enough Slim starts training to be able to defend herself incase he finds her again. She then tracks down her husband Mitch and finds his new place. She hides out and waits on him. When he arrives home they begin to fight‚ she uses the anger she has from him hitting her and the love she has for her daughter to defeat him. She kicks him off a balcony where he falls to his death. With Mitch gone and out of the picture Slim and her daughter Gracie are free to live a happy life. A good theme for this movie
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In ’A Streetcar Named Desire’ and ’A Doll’s House’ we are presented with characters that are trapped by their social circumstances. For instance Blanche DuBois is deeply affected by her social circumstances‚ as she believes that she needs to suit the expectations set for women of that time. Similarly‚ Nora’s freedom is limited by her high social standing‚ as Torvald Helmer places restrictions on her freedom to protect his own social image. However‚ it is not only the characters’ social circumstances
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Summary of Tuesdays with Morrie Tuesdays with Morrie‚ is a look a man dying from a terminal illness and how he chose to deal with his prognosis. The book was written by Morrie Schwartz’s former student‚ Mitch Albom. Mitch was busy with his career‚ but one night while watching Nightline in 1995‚ he rediscovered his old professor‚ dying with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Lou Gehrig’s disease is also known as ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosisis). ALS is a fatal degenerative disease of the nervous system
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“Tuesdays with Morrie” My three favourite Morris’s aphorisms would be‚ “The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work‚ don’t buy it”‚ “There is no foundation‚ no secure ground‚ upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family”‚ and “As long as we can love each other‚ and remember the feeling of love we had‚ we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All
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fear in light when she first meets Mitch. (C3) Blanche asks Mitch to cover the light with a paper lantern and then she says‚ “I can’t stand a naked light bulb‚ anymore than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action” (55). (C4) Blanche intention to cover the light bulb shows her mental state and light is symbolic of truth and Blanche is not fully trustworthy. (C5) Furthermore‚ Blanche also fears the light when she states‚ “I don’t want realism. I want magic [ Mitch laughs] Yes‚ yes‚ magic! I try to
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Everyone constructs their own reality Stella for star‚ I am just tolerating the people here at this countryside retreat... of course it is not what I’m used to but I will be strong and try not to cause trouble. It reminds of your humble home‚ I must “thank you for letting me in” I am excited to be in such a “convenient location”. It has been nearly eight months since I have seen you and I feel absolutely wonderful! You must say “a word about my appearance” when you see me next Stella. I am still
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