Asch‚ Solomon. “Opinions and Social Pressure.” Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Columbus‚ OH: Pearson‚ 2013. Print. 655-659. According to the article “Opinions and Social Pressure”‚ Solomon Asch writes about how the affects of group pressure can alter a person’s decision. During the investigation‚ Asch describes how everyone in the group agrees with the answer that they have chosen except for one in which the author calls him the “dissenter (Asch 656)”. Solomon Asch stated that the
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and delicate Southern lady (Blanche Dubois) born to a once-wealthy family. Her impoverished‚ tragic downfall in the squalid‚ .. Huntleigh for help escaping from New Orleans; when Stella laughs at her‚Blanche reveals that she is completely broke. Stanley walks in as Blanche ismaking fun of him and secretly overhears Blanche and Stella’s conversation.Later‚ he threatens Blanche with hints that he has heard rumors of herdisreputable past. She is visibly dismayed.While Blanche is alone in theapartment
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However‚ Williams conceives that Blanche and Stella show two different types of femininity in the play‚ nevertheless‚ both of them are dependent on men‚ showing that females have a sexual desire. This sexual desire has also been seen in Stanley in scene 3 when Stanley called for Stella to come‚ “Stella! Stella‚ sweetheart! Stella! Stell-lahhhhh!” (Williams 67). Thus‚ In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Tennessee Williams juxtaposes Femininity and masculinity to reveal how women are dependent on men. Both
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pretensions of aristocracy. She is now as poor as Stanley and Stella‚ but she cannot help but look down on the humble Kowalski apartment. Stanley tells her that she’ll probably see him as "the unrefined type." The differences between them‚ however‚ are more complex and volatile than a matter of refinement. Desire is central to the play. Blanche is unable to come to terms with the force of her own desire. She is clearly repelled and fascinated by Stanley at the same time. And though she stayed
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Summary: The play takes place right after World War II‚ in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. The Kowalski apartment is in a poor but charming neighborhood in the French Quarter. Stella‚ twenty-five years old and pregnant‚ lives with her blue collar husband Stanley Kowalski. It is summertime‚ and the heat is oppressive. Blanche Dubois‚ Stella’s older sister‚ arrives unexpectedly‚ carrying all that she owns. Blanche and Stella have a warm reunion‚ but Blanche has some bad news: Belle Reve‚ the family mansion
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its characters and setting‚ but through the literary devices of Foil‚ Imagery‚ and Intertextuality. Williams took great care in applying each of these literary device techniques to the theme as he presents an intriguing contrast between Blanche and Stanley‚ vivid images both animalistic and broken‚ and imploring the use of the Odyssey to further deepen his characters. Each of these devices though varied in style combine effortlessly in this tragedy. One of the ways that Williams portrays his theme
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different aspects the issues are two of the most important characters in the play‚ Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois. Right from the start‚ Blanche is already a fallen woman in society’s eyes. She is sufficiently self-aware to know that she cannot survive in the world as it is. Reality is too harsh‚ so she must create an illusion that will allow herself to maintain her delicate‚ fragile hold on life. Stanley‚ however‚ represents the new‚ diverse America to which Blanche doesn’t belong. He sees
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Blanche’‚ Williams invites his audience to interpret the social transformation which Stella has undergone. This very base image of having to earn a living contrasts significantly with the image of ’columns’‚ which Stanley introduces in Scene Eight. Stella has been forced to adapt her lifestyle in order to integrate in this modern‚ maledominated society. Blanche‚ on the other hand‚ is selfimmersed in a world of fantasy or ’makebelieve’ as
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with Stella’s husband‚ Stanley because of their social and perceptional differences. In the ending part of the first scene‚ the first encounter of Blanche and Stanley beginning after the Stanley’s arrival to house after bowling and until the end of the scene‚ Williams aimed to present the characters‚ Stanley as brutal‚ wildish and Blanche’s sensitive and sore personality along with implying a depressed mood. The part of the scene begins with the Williams’ description of Stanley‚ which underscores the
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old student. This baggage that Blanche carries on her shoulders bites at Stella throughout the play‚ eventually causing the demise of their relationship. As Blanche’s visit goes on with Stella‚ the past burden seems too great and with the help of Stanley‚ Stella has Blanche committed to a mental hospital‚ thus symbolizing the death of the relationship they once had. The next death we
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