blaming Stella for abandoning her back at the plantation home. While Stella thinks that Blanche is overreacting‚ Blanche is trying to express her true feelings of agony to Stella and how these events have affected her life for the worse. Quote #2 Speaker & Page: Blanche (Scene 4‚ bottom of 73) Quotation: “Yes you are‚ your fix is worse than mine is! Only you’re not being sensible about it. I’m going to do something. Get hold of myself and make myself a new life! Significance: While Stella seems
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Character and Plot in "Why I live in the P.O." Plot refers to the arrangement of the story’s actions. Any story starts with an introduction in other words an exposition. Let us take Cheever’s short story "The Country Husband". This story started by describing a main situation‚ which had a big influence on the rest of the story. It described the airplane crash experience‚ which the main character went into. After that‚ the author described the main character’s family‚ their relations and the way
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have support from a male counterpoint. From Stella leaving her plantation‚ to Blanche needing a steady stream of support from all the male characters she encounters‚ women are proven to have a need to feel supported and important by men. Stella leaves her plantation‚ with the knowledge that “The best [she] could was to make [her] own living.” And so Stella left the safety of her farm in order to make herself feel important and worthy of grandeur. Stella then marries herself to Stanley‚ someone to
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in Tennessee Williams play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ the main characters display characteristics of both Power and weakness throughout the plot. The Main Characters Stanley‚ Stella and Blanche are constantly partaking in power plays where they experience dominant and submissive stances. Firstly I am going to discuss how Stella is depicted as both powerful and weak through her succumbing to balance and Stanley. Secondly I am going to explore how Blanche eludes strength in her manipulative skills but
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Class conflict is represented throughout the play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire in various ways through characters‚ symbols‚ ideas and language. Characters such as Blanche‚ Stella‚ Mitch and Stanley are used throughout the text to represent the upper and lower classes‚ as well as the conflict between the two classes. Symbols‚ ideas and language help to define the different classes as well as helping to represent the conflict between classes. The language (dialogue) of the characters‚ symbolic use of
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an individual for what they may have feel their rights have been violated. In the case of Stella Liebeck and the lawsuits she had against McDonalds made national headline and many around the world was aware of this lawsuit. Stella Liebeck believed she was violated in being burned due to the coffee she was served was too hot and it caused third degree burns to her a large amount of her body. Many refer to Stella Liebeck lawsuit to be a frivolous lawsuit and should have never gone to court. Roy Pearson
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The Tragedy of the Holocaust Most individuals in society think of literature as just a simple story that the author creates. What most individuals don’t know is that authors have a meaning for writing literature‚ not just simply for pleasure. Most authors write literature to show a message to the audience whether it’s a personal story or a historical event. The author does this by providing the audience with visual image and emotion that is created throughout the story. In the short story “The
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gay man who committed suicide‚ sexual relations with students‚ and an unending desire to be attractive. Stanley eventually rapes Blanche before she is committed to a mental institution when her sister Stella does not believe her story. The drama is set in “rat trap” apartment of Stanley and Stella Kowalski. The apartment’s only two rooms and exterior are visible to the audience. Located near the downtown bars‚ music can often be overheard during scenes. Williams famously portrays Southern Gothic
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STANLEY. Hey‚ there! Stella‚ Baby! [Stella comes out on the first floor landing‚ a gentle young woman about twenty-five‚ and of a background obviously quite different from her husband’s.] (13) This is the opening line from A Streetcar Named Desire‚ by Tennesee Williams‚ one of many differences in the first scene of the play compared to the film directed by Elia Kazan. The film was based off of the original play by Williams‚ which Kazan directed as well. This fact is most likely why the majority
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The symbolism of the bell signifying a fresh start‚ a true chance to have a clean slate and create your own destiny‚ was brilliant in my eyes. One of my favorite lines in the play was definitely when Bill said‚ "You have to hit these things at the right moment or it’s no good" (1121). "Sure Thing" by David Ives The Play "Sure Thing" from David Ives examines the endless variations of boy meet girl and the ensuing pick up lines. The central theme throughout the play displays a few varieties of
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