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    to relationships I have always wondered about the logic‚ thoughts and the actions of a person when in a conflict. I believe the idea of being happy with a special someone can create an individual to do some questionable things. In the play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ there is a display of strange notions that occurs. Stanley had slapped his wife‚ Stella‚ and she had left him for the apartment above to be with Eunice. But not too long after‚ Stanley is at the bottom of these steps bellowing “Stella

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    122). Jake Barnes is troubled about his injury from World War I that leaves him impotent; but throughout the novel‚ he learns that his masculinity does not come from his physical abilities but through his emotional state‚ and he learns to accept his impotence. Hemingway shows that Jake has an untraditional “code” of masculinity (Jividen 556). Jake’s code of masculinity is different than the traditional thinking of what makes a man. The traditional thinking is that man has to be a physically strong

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    I think it couldn’t exist today because women now are CEO of companies and they would not take what women took back in the day. Blanche’s journey on the streetcar called desire represents the journey of her own life. Desire is her first step‚ just as it was the first step of her life after her husband died. That is why she slept with many men after he died. Her next step of her journey is Cemeteries‚ which

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    Manhood during the Great Depression Manhood was shaken to its core during the Great Depression. Never before has an era had such an altering impact on the way we perceive masculinity. This is best portrayed in the popular culture of the day that demonstrated conflicting views of men at the time. This division of what masculinity is developed directly from the cynicism‚ escapism‚ and the traditional view of what the American man should be. Popular Culture depicts a media response to what is happening

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    Illusions in A Streetcar Named Desire In Tennessee Williams’ play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ there are many examples where the characters are using illusions in an attempt to escape reality. The best example is found by looking to the main character. Blanche Dubois was a troubled woman who throughout the play lives her life in illusions. The story begins with Blanche going to New Orleans to stay with her sister Stella‚ and her husband Stanley for a while.

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    The Representation of Psyche in A Streetcar Named Desire The characters of Blanche Dubois‚ Stanley Kowalski‚ and Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire are all representations of the basic parts of the human psyche.  The three basic parts of the human psyche are: the Id (the sense of desire with disregard to consequences)‚ the Superego (the individual’s sense of right and wrong and guilt)‚ and the Ego (the mediator of the Id and Superego‚ trying to satisfy both at once).  Despite the f

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    Masculinity and femininity are two categories which demand such attention‚ and the work of feminists and gender theorists have formed increasingly strong cases which reveal these distinctions as having been made through particular decisions‚ by specific people.2 By this understanding‚ the involvement of women in state militaries is never random.3 Robert W. Connell’s theory of hegemonic masculinity refers to a particular set of masculine norms and

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    Gender Roles in A Streetcar Named Desire Throughout history empowerment and marginalization has primarily been based on gender. In the play A Streetcar Named Desire‚ this idea of empowerment is strongly flaunted. Tennessee Williams’ characters‚ primarily Stanley‚ Blanche‚ Mitch‚ and Stella‚ conform the expected roles of men and women at the time. Although World War Two temporarily allowed women a place in the work force‚ they were dismissed from such empowerment when the war came to a close.

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    SETTING OBJECTIVES AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK This week’s reading is related to how learning objectives should be‚ what learning objectives should engage with and importance of providing feedback. Learning objectives are what students learn in class. Feedback is making comment on what students need to do to improve their performance and understanding. Setting objectives has some features to increase effectiveness of objectives. The first one is that learning objectives are not too general or too

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    dictionary defines masculinity as “those qualities conventionally supposed to make a man an excellent specimen”; but what exactly are those qualities? Many would say that physical strength‚ ability to compete in sports‚ or even the ability to hold liquor are all parts of masculinity. In ancient Greece‚ they called this quality andreia‚ literally meaning “manliness”. In truth‚ masculinity is a much deeper trait that can be viewed differently by a variety of people. Realistically‚ masculinity cannot be defined

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