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    (Welty) is disturbed when her sister‚ Stella Rondo returns homes with an adopted child‚ Shirley-T‚ after separating from her husband (Welty). Sister has lived in her sister’s‚ Stella Rondo’s shadow her entire life. Over the years‚ resentment and jealously has manifested in Sister towards her sister Stella Rondo. The rest of the family is delighted to see Stella Rondo and the child. Sister makes the assumption that Shirley-T is the biological child of Stella and her husband (Welty). The story is

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    during the play: his aggressiveness‚ his love for Stella and also his rudeness and cruelty towards Blanche. Let’s begin by talking about the way Stanley’s aggressiveness affects the climax of the play. During scene three‚ while the boys were playing poker‚ Blanche and Stella come into the kitchen and‚ as a result‚ disrupt the games. This got Stanley very angry and violent . For this reason he got up and began attacking Stella. Here is a passage from that scene: “ Men:

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    father. Paragraph 1: The plot of the story begins when 17 year old Lemon moves from town to town‚ state to state because Lemons mother‚ Stella runs away from her problems which are caused from her past failed relationships. Lemon has a baby on the way and the dad is a 27 year old guy that works in a tattoo shop. He doesn’t know she has his baby on the way because Stella and Lemon moved away. Lemon embarks on a trip to find her dad with her friend Emmy‚ but Emmy has no idea that the reason Lemon went

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    Throughout A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Blanche’s personality and motives are expressed indirectly through her dialogue with other characters. When speaking to Eunice‚ Blanche hints at her history by saying that “they told [her] to take a street-car named Desire‚ and transfer to one called Cemeteries‚ and ride six blocks and get off at – Elysian Fields!” The fact that the street-car is named desire suggests that Blanche’s motives in her past were ruled by sexual desire. This sexual desire took her

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    The character Blanche Dubois could be interpreted into many categories. Blanche comes to Stella and Stanley after her stint of being a prostitute. Blanche arrives at Stella and Stanley’s seeking refuge from the harsh world. The character Blanche Dubois could be interpreted into a victim in many ways‚ throughout this essay I will show how she is a victim and the counterarguments to show whether or not she is a victim. As I have found for each argument there is also a specific counterargument. Arguably

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    kitchen from outside‚ leaving the door open on the perpetual "blue music" around the corner.¡n In this scene‚ the blue piano reflects the loneness and emotional desire of Stanley. Although Stanley is Stella*s husband‚ he still cannot get into some parts of world which only belongs to Stella and Blanche. In some way‚ Stanley unconsciously wants to search some little secrets of them and to know about what kind of impression Blanche thinks him. The music expresses the emotional movement of Stanley

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    conflict between old and new in Scene Two of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’? Williams presents the conflict between old and new in Scene Two in different ways‚ such as the manner in which Williams portrays the three characters Blanche‚ Stanley and Stella‚ as well the added tension through the structure of the scene‚ and finally in the stage directions. Through the use of these techniques‚ an atmosphere of tension is seen and felt by the audience‚ and the contrasts of the characters motifs are clearly

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    traditions than her sister. Blanche was living in her fantasy world and not the real world. Blanche always need compliments were as Stella did not need them to make her feel good about herself. Blanche thought men were to always be gentlemen no matter what just like in the old days. Stella being the new kind of south women knew that men weren’t always gentlemen. Stella was like a yes women when it came to Stanley. She always took him back after he hit or hurt her. The old south was use to old traditions

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    “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams “Stella has embraced him with both arms‚ fiercely‚ and full in the view of Blanche. He laughs and clasps her head to him. Over her head he grins through the curtains at Blanche.” (Williams 73) A Streetcar Named Desire written by Tennessee Williams exemplifies the theme of a struggle to attain happiness. The play not only portrays this theme in its characters and setting‚ but through the literary devices of Foil‚ Imagery‚ and Intertextuality. Williams

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    Life is an uphill battle that is full of challenges. It’s full of many uncertainties. Blanche is known as a pathological liar who lives in the past and gives into desire. Based on her inability to control her desires‚ Blanche is to blame. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams describes Blanche Dubois as a neurotic central character who lives in a fantasy world of old south chivalry but cannot control her desires. Although Blanche is to blame for herown demise‚ society did play a role in

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