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    Named Desire . For example‚ his first array of brutality is evident at the poker night when he gets so angry and throws the radio out the window. Another example of his brutality is displayed when he beats his wife‚ Stella. Lastly‚ his arrogance and ferocious actions are most apparent when he rapes Blanche‚ while his wife is in labor in the hospital.<br><br>Stanley Kowalski’s first exhibition of his brutal actions occurs at poker night. Blanche turns on the radio‚ but Stanley demands her to turn it off

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    My Summer Vacation House

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    My three-hundred acre summerhouse‚ in Osceola Missouri‚ has many aspects to it. It is a huge property in a small-populated town. My favorite parts include the bedrooms‚ kitchen‚ game room‚ and backyard. Like any other house‚ my summerhouse has bedrooms. The biggest room is the master bedroom. It has a huge black painted wooden king-sized bed with a comfortable therapeutic mattress. It also has a huge bathroom. In the bathroom‚ is a large jet bathtub and a large shower. The best part of the room

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    Thinking this was going to be a one night deal we invited about 10 people just just sit around and talk. After that night we then thought maybe we need to get a poker table. After a couple weeks we had a poker table in the shop. The garage was designed as a two car garage in the front part and a huge 6-8 car garage in the back half. At this moment we were just using the front part. After a few more gatherings we started to fill up the

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    1. Sam has to make an ethical decision immediately. He faces a dilemma of whether to send the fax as Linda tells him to do or not to commit Linda’s command. If he sends the fax‚ he will violate business ethics and his personal religion ethics. The consequences may involve both the loss of Sam’s personal moral prestige and the collapse of FirstAmerica’s corporate reputation among the financial industry. If he doesn’t send the fax‚ he will disobey his direct superior Linda with risk of ending his

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    insanity‚ constantly hearing the song that was playing when Allan killed himself in her head throughout the rest of the play (133). Stanley also hurts his spouse‚ physically attacking Stella. He becomes easily agitated with Stella after a night of poker with his friends‚ and attacks her for turning on the radio after telling her to be quiet (114). After she leaves and his head clears up‚ he

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    that fate and luck play in existence primarily in images of gaming.”(70) Quirino justifies this idea by using the example of a scene from The Poker Night‚ in which the cards can be seen as a metaphor of Blanche DuBois’s history‚ with Stanley Kowalski‚ "the powerful master of Elysian Fields against Blanche DuBois‚" (62) as the winner and the master of the poker game‚ who "chaps his winnings by raping her."(62) As Blanche’s presence rattles Stanley’s world‚ he “systematically allays his own fears at

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    In Alex Knapp’s essay‚ “Five Leadership Lessons from James T. Kirk‚” he acknowledges the five main themes of leadership by incorporating fictional character‚ Captain Kirk‚ from Star Trek. The first component of leadership is never stop learning. Knapp indicates that being a leader does not necessarily signify to stop learning and that an individual can never obtain too much knowledge. An additional point‚ have advisors with different worldviews‚ demonstrates how a group of individuals having different

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    The conflict between good and evil is one of the most common conventional themes in literature. In fact‚ all literature‚ in its simplest form‚ is a struggle between good and evil. This statement simplifies the idea that all themes and struggles in literature‚ when broken down into their most basic forms‚ are conflicts between good and evil. This conflict can be divided into two ways‚ an external conflict and an internal conflict. In the matter of one’s life‚ he will consistently face this battle

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    "A Streetcar Named Desire works as a drama because of the conflicts between Stanley and Blanche." Discuss. The themes of A streetcar Named Desire are mainly built on conflict‚ the conflicts between men and women‚ the conflicts of race‚ class and attitude to life‚ and these are especially embodied in Stanley and Blanche. Even in Blanche’s own mind there are conflicts of truth and lies‚ reality and illusion‚ and by the end of the play‚ most of these conflicts have been resolved. At the beginning

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    powered online casinos‚ hence‚ the game play at all the casinos involved will directly affect the winnings in your own casino making the earnings swell up quickly. Apart from slots‚ there are other table games that can be enjoyed and even lots of poker‚ bingo and also sports book. Away from the aforementioned offerings‚ Bet365 has an array of roulette‚ sic bo‚ blackjack and a very efficient and yet enjoyable live dealer section that is second to none. For players with the traditional casino gaming

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