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    How is the character of Blanche presented in Scenes 1 and 2 in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’? In ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’‚ Tennessee Williams presents Blanche DuBois as an extremely multifaceted character who represents both old and idealist values in America. Appearances are deceiving‚ and this is clearly shown through the character of Blanche in the play‚ as she puts on a smug and arrogant front to conceal her fragile personality. To ‘blanche’ something is to ‘drain it of colour’ and thus the image

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    putting on isn’t the real her. The people around her start to notice that her stories aren’t always accurate‚ and start to question them. When Stanley confronts Blanche about all the lies she’s told‚ all she can do is stand there and take it‚ listening to her fantasy getting ripped apart. This is the final straw for her‚ she cracks and can no longer fight with Stanley‚ surrendering herself to him grudgingly. Everything about her new life in Elysian Fields crumbles around her‚ and she can’t handle people

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    Stanley creates a dark setting on the wedding night by smashing light bulbs to emphasize the romance. “Stanley’s always smashed things. Why‚ on our wedding night – soon as we came in here – he snatched off one of my slippers and rushed about the place smashing

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    The main theme of A StreetCar Named Desire is that just wanting something to be true isn’t enough for it to be true. For example‚ Blanche tries her best to make it seem that she is still a southern bell however‚ with numerous sightings from different people‚ she was in Laurel Town for two weeks in a hotel called the Flamingo. By this‚ of course it means that she was not at her plantation until she went to New Orleans to visit Stella. Another example is that she always claims and wants to be beautiful

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    Adi Radia The Exploration of Womanhood in All About My Mother In his critically acclaimed 1999 character-driven drama film All About My Mother (1999); writer-director Pedro Almodovar cements his reputation as an expert on the complexities and intricacies of womanhood. The film features several complex and multi-layered female characters that are portrayed with great emotional depth. Throughout the course of the film‚ these characters are forced to struggle with impediments such as loss‚ betrayal

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    symbolism‚ brings his character’s alive in his play‚ A Streetcar name desire. In the story the reader follows a young southern woman by the name of Blanche Dubois as she moves to New Orleans to live with her sister‚ Stella‚ and her brother-in-law‚ Stanley. From there the reader slowly sees the Blanche’s descent into madness as she begins to lose her grip on reality. In the play Blanche is characterized using symbols like‚ bathing‚ light‚ and music. Bathing is a big example of symbolism in the play

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    faced with. Blanche’s struggle occurs after losing all she had back home in Belle Reve except her trunk of clothes and props‚ but is exposed to the hash reality of the real world where she cannot cope and must depend on others. One example‚ such as Stanley Kowalski’s friend‚ Mitch‚ whom she instantly wants to marry to be saved from her current degrading lifestyle. “Ms. DuBois says that she is on vacation at the Kowalski’s‚ but in fact has lost the family mansion‚ Belle Reve‚ and her teaching

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    Tse Hiu Lam 2013559921 Assessment 2 – Case Synthesis: Morgan Stanley‚ Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP‚ Oppenheimer & Co‚ Inc. involved Introduction Today’s financial market is a vibrant yet unpredictable domain‚ with mergers and acquisitions that sometimes cannot be predicted by the market trend or even with sophisticated information technology. With such uncertainty‚ investors are disposed to gain all necessary information upon making investment decisions. This puts those who handle sensitive undisclosed

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    Stanley Ho Hung Sun : the ‘King of Gambling’ ‚from his multiethnic identity to the contribution to society Introduction Macao is known to the world for its casino industry. Macao ’s richest man‚ Ho Hung Sun‚ is an entrepreneur in Asia. Ho is also known as "The King of Gambling"‚ showing the monopoly he held of the Macau gambling industry for over 40 years. Behind Stanley Ho ’s successful career is a story of ordeals and adventures that will inspire everyone. This essay focuses on the contribution

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    Holes‚ through the influence of Zero’s friendship‚ Stanley changes from unloyal to loyal. In the beginning of the novel Stanley showed he is unloyal and not a true friend. Stanley shows he doesn’t care about Zero when he says‚ “He stopped writing as Zero walked into the tent‚ then returned to his letter. He didn’t care what Zero thought. Zero was nobody.” (Sachar 81) If Stanley really valued Zero he wouldn’t think of him as a nobody. Stanley reveals Zero isn’t a priority as he thinks to himself

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