characters in different ways. Each character is shown to live their life in either the way of illusion or reality. Harold Mitchell‚ also known as Mitch buys into Blanches illusions. He is overtaken by her charm‚ but in the end finally faces reality. Stella who is Blanches sister is always wishing for everything to be perfect with her and Stanley even though he abuses her. She overlooks Stanley’s downfalls to escape her reality. Blanche is the center of all illusion. She fishes for complements and believes
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The Story “The One and Only Ivan” by Katherine Applegate‚ teaches the reader that you have to keep your promises which Ivan does. Ivan and his friend Stella are talking and she tells Ivan there’s a better life than living inside a cage because there’s a place called a zoo and they let you run freely. Than Stella goes into pain and almost becomes prazed and Mack the owner of the circus knows about this and he doesn’t call a vet to see if Stella’s fine. In the morning a truck can to the circus and
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1. Set after World War I‚ A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams reflects many of the social and cultural changes that occurred after the war. 2. Immediately the time of day (“first dark of an evening”) accentuates the background of socio-economic change as it symbolically represents the death of an old value system and the birth of a new set of social values. 3. The play takes place in the French Quarter of New Orleans which is immediately depicted as an impoverished yet cosmopolitan
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skewed acceptances of reality among the characters. The motif of light is incorporated from the very beginning. In Scene 1 when Blanche first arrives at Stella’s home‚ Blanche requests that Stella “turn that over-light off” for she “won’t be looked at in this merciless glare!” Before Stella even has the chance to greet her sister‚ whom she has not seen for a long period of time‚ Blanche turns on the defensive. Blanche’s immediate request to turn out the light signifies her efforts to hide
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state of the house compared to what she has been used to prior at the luxury accommodation of the family house: Belle Reeve: ‘What? Two rooms did you say?’ This shows to the reader that she is shocked at the unexpected conditions that her sister‚ Stella‚ is currently residing. Regarding stage directions‚ there is the implication that Blanche is a fragile
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guilty about abandoning her sister‚ Blanche‚ when a doctor is called at the end of the play‚ and he takes her to a psychiatric hospital. • Williams’ grandparents came from a declining aristocratic background. Again‚ in the play‚ it is associated with Stella and Blanche’s declining aristocratic family too. • Blanche is always on the verge of collapsing psychologically‚ and so is Williams in real life. • Williams had to leave his parents’ house and move to another city in order to "get out of the closet"
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feel as if I was in the play was the surplus of characters. Something else that stuck out to me and made me believe the play was Stanley. He expressed his violence in a very believable manner without actually hurting Stella which made the play seem like real life. Blanch and Stella did a great job of making the play believable by conveying their emotions which can be a result of their acting skills and their voice. A Streetcar Named Desire made me feel like I was on the stage watching people interact
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Desire written by Tennessee Williams is a play about a southern lady named Blanche from Mississippi visiting her sister Stella‚ who is married to Stanley and currently living in Elysian Fields‚ New Orleans. Blanche arrives in Elysian Fields‚ and throughout her entire stay with Stella and Stanley‚ there is tension and conflict occurring in Stella’s house. Even though Blanche and Stella were brought up in the South under wealthy conditions‚ the conflict is mainly caused by Blanche’s dislike of Stanley
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The consequence of self-deception can be disastrous. Self-deception can be defined as a misconception that is favoured to the person who holds it. In an attempt to justify ones behaviour‚ we often‚ unknowingly‚ gloss over or even alter the truth of our past‚ in order to escape the feelings of guilt‚ embarrassment‚ shame‚ or even to protect the people around us. However‚ consequently‚ the act of self-deception can be disastrous‚ not only for the delinquent‚ but also for those around them. This
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