had impacted the critics by inventing Southern Literature. His ideal creation was not to reflect on literature being invented‚ but to differentiate the word “Southren” into an adjective. Kreyling’s attempted to deny the South its culture‚ history‚ geography‚ and literature by modifying the adjective to “Southern.” Prior to Germany and Italy collaborating‚ literature was at its best in 1835. Kreyling made several attempts to modify the identity of the Southern Culture by intentionally focusing on the
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Greg Garner Introduction to Theatre A Street Car Named Desire March 13‚ 2013 A Street Car Named Desire contains many key elements that simultaneously keep a reader entertained and forces them to reflect upon their own reality. The plot to this play can be seen as causal as one event or encounter leads to a dramatic struggle between character relations. The actions each character takes leads to dramatic scenarios leaving the reader unsure about what will take place during the next scene. The
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living the life her grandmother planned out for her‚ but she is unhappy‚ so she has decided to start over and go her own way. Janie is the better feminist protagonist for her time period; unlike Blanche‚ she makes choices based on her own beliefs and desires rather than worrying about how those around her may perceive her. In Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Zora Neale Hurston uses vivid imagery and metaphors paired with a unique dialect in order to paint a colorful picture of black life in West Florida
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Williams creates dramatic tension in ’A Streetcar Named Desire’ through the interactions between the important characters in the play‚ such as the conflict between Blanche and Stanley‚ and their contrasting styles of communication. The first instance of this occurs in the second scene. Blanche is bathing‚ whilst Stanley questions Stella about the loss of Belle Reve‚ referring to the so-called "Napoleonic code". As an audience‚ we sense the tension being created when he says "And I don’t like to be
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English/Sympathy January 18‚ 2012 In the play a Street Car Named Desire my feelings were never the same toward the characters. The character that my feelings changed for most through out the play is Blanche. Blanche was never a true person in the play. She was always lying to everyone and making her self look like something she wasn’t. She was a very deceiving person and I did not like that about her. Towards the end of the play I started to have a little sympathy for her. In scenes one through
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differences in the presentation of female characters in A Streetcar Named Desire and The World’s wife In this essay‚ I will be exploring the similarities and differences of female characters in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams; and ‘The World’s Wife’ by Carol Ann Duffy. Both texts denote women as somewhat weak and incompetent and as having a predatory attitude towards the mainly dominant male characters. A Streetcar Named Desire was written in 1945 and it initially connected with America’s
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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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CHAPTER II Travelling Uncharted Waters? REVIEWING THE LITERATURE 2.1 Introduction: Storm in a teacup This part of my research journey was fraught with anxiety‚ distress and a sense of being lost. Reviewing the literature became my own storm in a teacup‚ as I found myself dizzily spiralling‚ being flung between not knowing on the one side‚ on the verge of knowing at the other‚ yet continuously feeling out of control‚ not being here nor there ... caught somewhere between locating
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Analysis of Southern Gothic Literature Southern Gothic literature‚ which is a sub-genre of the Gothic writing style‚ is unique to the American South. Southern Gothic literature has many of the same aspects as Gothic literature; it focuses on topics such as death‚ madness‚ and the super natural as well has having many mystical‚ bizarre‚ violent‚ and grotesque aspects. These tools are used "to explore social issues and reveal the cultural character of the American South (Wikipedia)." The authors
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The author starts Scene Three with ‘The Poker Night.’ giving the impression this scene is an important one in the book through the use of a short direct three word sentence with each word capitalised‚ this suggests that the happenings in this scene are going to have an important impact on the rest of the play. After this‚ Williams carries on with stage directions; these directions show from the beginning what kind of ambience the scene is going to take on‚ the kind of ambience that he wanted to
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