Reality Versus Fantasy In Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire‚” the obsessive need to escape from reality defines the protagonist Blanche DuBois. Haunted by the fact that she incited the suicide of her young husband‚ Blanche is unable to cope with what has since become of her life. She relies on fables and illusions to reconstruct a more socially acceptable self. However‚ the antagonistic relationship between Blanche and Stanley Kowalski threatens her fantasy‚ as he continuously confronts
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Widely known writer William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) acted as the playwright‚ the novelist and the short-story writer. There are serious problems in Maugham’s books which made the reader think a lot. Many of his stories are very fascinating. He authentically draws the social environment‚ time and a place of described events. The person is a main topic of his books. Maugham considered‚ that the writer should know life well and take part in life of a society. He was the participant of the first
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they went downhill very quickly the night that Stella goes into labor. “Stanley ultimately betrays Stella’s trust by raping her sister while Stella is in labor at the hospital‚ Stella passively accepts Stanley’s denial of Blanche’s report and even acquiesces to his demand that her sister be institutionalized for her delusions” (Hovis) Not only is Blanche used and abused‚ but she is punished for it. Everything is turned against her‚ because Stella “couldn’t believe her story and go on living with
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That juxtaposition comes with painfully coquettish dialogue with her brother-in-law‚ adding to the strangeness of the situation. Unlike her sister‚ Stella is not in a tragic state of denial. Stella understands how the new world is and how she must change her views and standards in order to not become a frazzled window into the past‚ like Blanche. Stella is the kind of women that is “excited” by violence and allows herself to be abused by her husband because the thrill of testosterone and roughness
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Monica Ashley’s Case Analysis Monica Ashley’s case is a very conclusive example of how the correct use of power and influence in management is as important as‚ and sometimes even more important than‚ having all the right answers and being able to back them up with data. Monica Ashley is a brilliant employee‚ and a very good Project Manager. She deserves a lot of credit for being able to complete the project‚ even though she has been removed towards the end. Her ability to concentrate on her work
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3.2.2 Blanche----A Fragile and hypocrisy Southern Belle Blanche is a controversial figure throughout the play‚ on one hand‚ brought up and educated in Southern culture‚ she has been used to embracing a certain order of custom and certain culture rules. She represents fantasy for her many outrageous attempts to elude herself‚ and she likewise represents the old South with only her manners and pretensions remaining after the foreclosure of her family plantation--Belle Reve. In the south‚ the lack
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does. Right from the beginning Blanch is lying to everyone. “He suggested I take a leave of absence”(pg.9). This quote shows Blanche lying as soon as she sees Stella. Blanche was actually fired from her job. Blanche got caught up with a 17 year old boy from the school. The superintendent found out and kicked fired her. Blanche did not want Stella to know what she had done to get fired. In scenes five through nine my sympathy does not change at all. Blanche is a total mess at this point through out
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Tennessee William’s A Streetcar named Desire follows the story of Blanche DuBois who seeks a new life away from the tribulations and wrongs of her past. In attempt to relieve herself from her previous life‚ Blanche goes to live with her sister‚ Stella‚ in New Orleans‚ where she is does not it into the norm displayed in such society. Through Blanche’s estrangement in New Orleans‚ it displays how the society valued wealth and superiority. Blanche Dubois portrays herself as one of high-maintenance and
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cues that foreshadow Blanche’s ultimate fall from beautiful to insane. Blanche’s tragic past is hinted by Williams to audiences even in Scene 1 by the analogy of the names of the streetcars and place that Stella and Stanley live in. In Scene 1‚ Blanche tells Eunice about how she got to Stella and Stanley’s place; “They told me to take a streetcar named Desire‚ and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at – Elysian Fields” Blanche’s journey on New Orleans’ streetcars
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his attitude. Stanley is presented having a masculine‚ animalistic nature‚ which includes his open violent behaviour. His animalistic nature is displayed when he ‘charges after Stella’‚ in scene three of the play‚ and when there is the ‘sound of a blow’ in the household‚ indicating that Stanley had physically hurt Stella so much causing her to cry. Critic‚ Michael Coveney explains that in the play ‘masculinity means aggression‚ control‚ physical dominance‚ and even violence.’ Tennessee Williams proves
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