refuses to acknowledge the reality of fading youth and past trauma. Blanche uses a lantern to avoid light and protect her from reality and when‚ in the final scene‚ Stanley “seizes the paper lantern‚ tearing it off‚” she “cries out” as he has metaphorically stripped her of protection‚ forcing her into exposure and destruction. Stanley is symbolic of truth and
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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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The Shining (1980) is creative director Stanley Kubrick’s intense‚ epic‚ gothic horror film and haunted house masterpiece - a beautiful‚ stylish work that distanced itself from the blood-letting and gore of most modern films in the horror genre. (The film waits until its climax to provide the typical catharctic bloody violence of most traditional horror films.) The film’s source material from science-fiction/horror author Stephen King’s 1977 best-selling novel (his third novel under his own name)
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expensive!” (22)‚ Blanche says to Stella explaining herself. “That long parade to the Graveyard! Father‚ Mother! Margaret‚ That dreadful way! So big with it‚…(scene 1‚ pg 21)” Blanche obviously couldn’t afford all these funerals on a teaching salary. Stanley implies that Blanche had been prostituting in Laurel at The Flamingo‚ “The Flamingo is used to all kinds of goings-on. But even the management of the Flamingo was impressed by Dame Blanche!” (120). Ultimately Blanche was trying to restore her life
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Summary: An analysis of some of the many symbols found in "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams‚ with the help of psychoanalytical theory. Williams’ expert use of these symbols helped him to convey the meaning of many characteristics of the protagonists in the play. It is very debatable nowadays how much psychology can influence an author or how much the author’s psychological features can influence his work. The creation of a character demands different kinds of information and the
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IB Psychology (HL) Krissy Gear Milgram’s Experiment on Obedience P. 3 July 1961‚ Yale University Psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment to test peoples’ obedience to authority figures. He wanted to see how many people would comply or resist commands by (an idea of) an authority figure. Milgram’s experiment began with two men about twenty to fifty years in age. The participants volunteered through an advertisement and a promise of $4.50 for their
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At exactly what does too much sunlight exposure result in a burn? In Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Blanche uses light to represent her own identity‚ shrouding it in lanterns and exposing it at times. She also uses it specifically in situations involving romance. Blanche’s use of light in instances with her husband Allan‚ the “boy‚” as well as instances of how she responds to light now in her current life‚ implies how her husband made her too light sensitive – unwilling to be honest
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to Blanche’s imbalance‚ and perhaps difficulty in terms of communication and understanding by the other characters. The playwright enlightens the audience of the character’s past to shape understanding of her actions in the present. Through Stanley‚ we understand that Blanche had to leave her hometown after the death of her husband‚ her complained about promiscuous behavior in her workplace [school] with her students‚ and the loss of her plantation [Belle Reve] which essentially was the capital
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gracefully match Blanche’s movements and grace. Not only does the Polka music represent Blanche’s descent into insanity‚ but also tends to appear at moments when she is in a state of panic. Secondly‚ drunkenness is a major symbol throughout the play. Stanley states that “[one thing that] belongs on a poker table [is] whiskey” while Blanche lies and says “[she isn’t] accustomed to having more than one drink” (54).
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The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is a trophy that is awarded annually to the NHL ( National Hockey League ) playoff champions. Unlike other major sports trophies like such as in football and soccer‚ the Stanley Cup is not remade each year and winners of the cup keep it until a new champion is crowned. Something also unique to the cup is that it has the names of all winning players‚ coaches and management engraved on it. The current cup is made of silver and nickel alloy and is roughly 90 centimetres
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