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    Reality vs. Illusion If an illusion masks reality‚ lies and injustice will pervade. Reality is the basis of how life is lived‚ but when illusion tarnishes the normal‚ people are provoked into thinking as a group‚ and loose their individuality. People in general are intelligent‚ but once people submit to a group consciousness‚ they turn into panic-driven animals. This theory is proven in Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible by characters Abigail Williams‚ Reverend Hale‚ and Judge Danforth. As

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    Illusion vs. Reality In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ Willy Loman cannot decipher the difference of illusion and reality. He roams around in a dream-like state- confused‚ and unaware of reality. Due to his inability to remain focused on the truth‚ a constant struggle developed inside of him‚ engulfing Willy’s thought process. In the end‚ Willy’s inability to accept reality results in his death. Willy Loman‚ a salesman from New York‚ was an extremely confused man. He worked a job in which

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    In Narnia‚ the children grow up in what appears to be a sheltered world. The four children in the real world are isolated and away from the reality‚ which is a world of war and devastation. This would explain why C.S. Lewis made the world of Narnia a world of perpetual winter. Since the children were so oblivious of what their world actually was‚ their perception was frozen and they were unable to see what was truly going on. As the novel progresses‚ the four realize that there is a war‚ and as they

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    Compare and contrast Newspaper verses TV Well every morning my dad would say why turn on the TV when we only have to pay 1.00$ to get the newspaper and I would say the newspaper doesn’t give you a clear view of what is happening and his response would always be no but it mentally drawing a picture for you and you kind get a mental picture of the news report. My examples of compeering them both TV and news pepper. Yes it would be more educational to read the news pepper and may sometimes be more

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    ENGLISH ESSAY In the play A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Tennessee Williams uses his brilliant writing to bring life to his characters in the story. I will be composing a character sketch on Stanley‚ one of the main actors in the play. I will focus on evaluating Stanley’s ever changing character traits in the role he plays. They consist of different moods that he demonstrates during the play: his aggressiveness‚ his love for Stella and also his rudeness and cruelty towards Blanche.

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    rest of the country hold so dear. They search for a way out of their sad disposition‚ into a new light. Along the way‚ many things help guide them to their destination‚ some representing what they yearn for more than others. In the plays "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams and "The Piano Lesson" by August Wilson‚ the American Dream is found within the soul of two inanimate objects; the DuBois’s Belle Reve and the Charles’s old piano. Belle Reve is a special place near and dear to the

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    Illusion is more attractive than reality The smell of chocolate engulfed my surroundings and a hearty smile filled my small face. This was it‚ the place where I was most content and fulfilled. My nan moved across the kitchen as graceful as a dancer‚ she could do absolutely anything‚ she was magic. An old beatles track came onto the radio‚ and my nans face lit up as she recognised the tune. A Nan started to chant along I also realised I knew the song and sang along with her. Nan’s eyes brightened

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    Compare the theatrical techniques and staging in act one of Oleanna and Street Car Named Desire The two plays Street car named desire and Oleanna are very different plays in their use of theatrical devices. Tennesse Williams’ play Street Car Named Desire gives us a long description of the New Orleans world its based in. Describing the flats with the name “elysan fields” relating the to heaven despite the appearance of the street that seems “falling apart at the fabric of the seems”‚ the colour

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    Gregory Pyatetsky 10/28/2013 A Street Car Named Desire The play “A Street Car Named Desire” is seen as a modern tragedy. This play uses Aristotle’s six parts of what makes a perfect drama. It is a story of a seemingly upper-class woman named Blanche‚ who left her hometown and lavish lifestyle to live with her younger sister and her husband in New Orleans‚ which at the time was a lower class neighborhood‚ until she got her life back together‚ but what she doesn’t know is that moving

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