The Importance of being earnest Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Nature of Marriage Marriage is of paramount importance in The Importance of Being Earnest‚ both as a primary force motivating the plot and as a subject for philosophical speculation and debate. The question of the nature of marriage appears for the first time in the opening dialogue between Algernon and his butler‚ Lane‚ and from this point on the subject never disappears
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Is the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” a tragedy for Blanche or Stella? Aristotle stated “the structure of the best tragedy should…be… complex” representing” incidents arousing pity and fear “. It’s understood that the focus of tragedy is human suffering and a tragedy must be accessible to audiences‚ creating a shared catharsis. Although Aristotle refers to classical tragedies‚ a domestic tragedy like “A Streetcar Named Desire” ensures a greater understanding as it is realistic. Blanche‚ as the
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On the surface‚ “Bartleby‚ the Scrivener” and “A Street Car Named Desire” are two literary works that have little in common. “Bartleby‚ the Scrivener” is about a Wall Street worker that gradually reduces the amount of work he does after his initial hiring‚ while “A Street Car Named Desire” is about a newly married couple‚ Stanley and Stella Kowalski‚ in New Orleans that have lives interrupted by Stella’s sister‚ Blanche DuBois. However‚ both texts share a similar theme‚ the struggle to gain power
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Drama Unit Socratic Seminar Questions Part 1: A Streetcar Named Desire 1. Blanche who is homeless‚ comes to her sister’s house at the beginning. Blanche had been a schoolteacher‚ married Allan‚ a man she later discovered to be gay. Her reactions to his sexual orientation caused him to commit suicide. Lonely‚ she becomes a prostitute‚ who loses her teaching career when her sexual relationship with a teenager is found out. After the family plantation Belle Reve is lost‚ she turns to her little sister
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Explore the similarities and differences in the presentation of female characters in A Streetcar Named Desire and ‘The World’s Wife The presentation of female characters plays a very significant role in both A Streetcar Named Desire and The World’s Wife and though these texts express similar ideas about women‚ there is also substantial differences. Tennessee Williams’ ASCND‚ tragic first produced in 1947‚ sets his female characters within the patriarchal society of post Second World War New
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malicious. She tells lies in order to protect herself from reality and the tragedies she has to endure * Her seductive posturing half undressed in the gap in the curtains appears instinctive when men are around. This highlights the contradictions in her character : the genteel Southern lady who expects men to stand up when she comes in and who cannot bear a rude remark or vulgar action and the cheap seductress * Blanche’s purchase of the Chinese lantern to put over the light bulb is again symbolic
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This is a metaphor that also alludes to the name of the play. It fits into the plot of the story because it highlights Blanche’s journey from her past in Laurel. She was fired for having relations with a high school student‚ which led to her social death and that led her to Elysian Fields. It is meaningful because this proves that we need to be careful with how we live our life and how our decisions can impact our life both positively and negatively. This quote describes that Stanley would not have
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concept can similarly be used in written works so that the setting reflects the characters. “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams highlights the journey of a woman that tries to escape her past and convince to herself and to everyone else that she is pure. The way the light and shadows interact with each other in “The Night Cafe” reflects the setting and characters of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Both works ultimately prove that light can be used to show sanctitude‚ and that the absence
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10/03/2011 Blanche’s Lies: An Investigation of Paper in A Streetcar Named Desire And so it was I entered the broken world To trace the visionary company of love‚ its voice An instant in the wind (I know not whither hurled) But not for long to hold each desperate choice. (allpoetry...) In this passage from the epigraph of the play‚ we see direct parallels between the poem (Hart Crane’s “The Broken Tower”) and A Streetcar Named Desire. It could be interpreted from Blanche’s perspective; where
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Tennessee William’s A Streetcar named Desire follows the story of Blanche DuBois who seeks a new life away from the tribulations and wrongs of her past. In attempt to relieve herself from her previous life‚ Blanche goes to live with her sister‚ Stella‚ in New Orleans‚ where she is does not it into the norm displayed in such society. Through Blanche’s estrangement in New Orleans‚ it displays how the society valued wealth and superiority. Blanche Dubois portrays herself as one of high-maintenance and
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