in reply to Blanche’s concern regarding Stanley’s behaviour Stella says “But there are things that happen between a man and woman in the dark”. Here Stella suggests that she almost can justify Stanley’s actions towards her. To agree with Helen Deutsch’s interpretation of women being masochists‚ Stella may be ‘thrilled’ by Stanley’s behaviour like she was on her wedding night where Stanley smashed the lights with his slipper. Though Stella seems to agree with Deutsch’s interpretation‚ being pregnant
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short story‚ called “Rosa‚” about the same mother‚ thirty years later‚ who dreams of a world where her daughter is still alive. In the first short story‚ “The Shawl‚” Rosa and her daughter‚ Magda‚ are being marched with a young‚ starving girl‚ named Stella‚ to a concentration camp‚ during the Holocaust. The only thing that the characters believe keeps them alive is the shawl. The shawl is seen as a magic idol and each character needs it for a different psychological reason. The first main character
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the rivalry between two sisters‚ Stella-Ronda and Sister. Sister is the main character of the story and wants to be the center of attention. Stella-Ronda is one year younger than Sister and left the house to be with her husband who is Sisters former boyfriend. Stella-Ronda is now separated from her husband Mr. Whitaker and has arrived home on a fourth of July with a two year old child claiming it is adopted and not biological. Sister of course does not believe Stella-Ronda one bit. Sister being outspoken
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from‚ and Eunice lets her into the Kowalski’s two-room apartment. Stella arrives and expresses happiness in seeing her sister. Blanche asks for a drink‚ and Stella prepares it. They chat‚ and Blanche tells Stella how terrible the neighborhood is. Stella responds positively about her home. Blanche explains why she left her teaching job‚ an explanation that proves to be false. She expresses a concern that Stanley may not like her. Stella reassures her but also tells her not to compare him to men they
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A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams And so it was I entered the broken world To trace the visionary company of love‚ its voice An instant in the wind (I know not whither hurled) But not for long to hold each desperate choice "The Broken Tower" by Hart Crane SCENE ONE The exterior of a two-story corner building on a street in New Orleans which is named Elysian Fields and runs between the L & N tracks and the river. The section is poor but‚ unlike corresponding
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Stanley attacks Stella. The first source of Stanley and Blanche’s animosity toward each other is when Stanley assumes Blanche sold Belle Reve. Stanley questions Stella‚ “she didn’t show you no papers‚ no deed of sale or nothing like that‚ huh?” (34). He then brings up the Napoleonic code which states‚ “what belongs to the wife belongs to the husband and vice versa” (35). Stanley yells and argues with Stella and says how they have been “swindled under the Napoleonic code” (35). Stella insists that
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they look after him tenderly when he is drunk * Scene three is when Stella first chooses Stanley over Blanche. This foreshadows events later in the play. Stella has already decided whose side she is on Characterisation: Blanche * We learn more about Blanche in this scene:- * Her vanity makes her lie about Stella’s age * Her inability to deal with reality makes her claim that she has come to help out because Stella has not been well * Yet‚ none of her lies are malicious. She tells
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hosts of the two characters Stella Rondo and Miss Emily Grierson respectively‚ and both stories show the unique‚ yet cryptic tales of two women’s roles in a town and family. Welty’s “Why I Live at the P.O.” speaks as an explanation of a story that includes a strange family‚ which the narrator and Stella-Rondo are a part of‚ that is controlled by authority struggles‚ lies‚ and issues that eventually pushes the narrator
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that states: “Stella‚ cold‚ cold the coldness of hell.” (Ozick 246). Stella is seen as a cold hearted person especially after Rosa assumed “Stella was waiting for Magda to die so she could put her teeth into her little thighs.” (Ozick 247). Stella’s coldness of her heart comes from the jealousy of Magda being safe in her shawl. Stella was in a state of mind as a cannibal due to the scarceness of food on the journey to the concentration camp. While Rosa would give her food to Magda‚ “Stella gave nothing;
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There are many prevalent themes throughout the play‚ Streetcar Named Desire‚ by Tennessee Williams. One major theme of the play is femininity vs. masculinity. The main characters‚ Blanche DuBois‚ and Stella and Stanley Kowalski reflect the stereotypical gender roles. Stella and Stanley’s dysfunctional relationship faces even more complications when Stella’s sister‚ Blanche moves in temporarily. Throughout the course of this play‚ the Kowalski relationship is proven to be very unhealthy‚ due to Stella’s
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