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    Look at scene IV of ’Streetcar ’ What does the scene tell us about the relationship between Stella and Stanley‚ and how does Williams portray this? In order to analyse this scene‚ there needs to be a clear understanding of what has happened prier to it. Scene three is set at Stanley ’s poker game‚ when Mitch leaves the game‚ to chat to Blanche‚ Stanley becomes more and more annoyed‚ and smashes a radio. Stella yells at him‚ and he starts to beat her. The men pull him off. Blanche takes Stella

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    War came to an end‚ the South experienced an era of changes. One of the most popular speeches‚ explaining how the post-war South had grown out of its old customs and made progress‚ was Henry Grady’s The New South. This document is an important historical speech when comparing examinations of how life was for Southerners in the years following the Reconstruction and the Compromise of 1877. Although this speech is very motivational‚ it differs from the reality of how the South was managing during this

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    STANLEY. Hey‚ there! Stella‚ Baby! [Stella comes out on the first floor landing‚ a gentle young woman about twenty-five‚ and of a background obviously quite different from her husband’s.] (13) This is the opening line from A Streetcar Named Desire‚ by Tennesee Williams‚ one of many differences in the first scene of the play compared to the film directed by Elia Kazan. The film was based off of the original play by Williams‚ which Kazan directed as well. This fact is most likely why the majority

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    way‚ will break. In the play‚ A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ Williams portrays the main character‚ Blanche Dubois‚ as a Southern belle whose youth and beauty strikes her as one of the most important parts of her life she cannot live without. She has lost all she believes

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    A streetcar named desire Our identity is shaped by our relationships As we grow up it’s not only our age and experiences that make us who we are‚ relationships also shape our identity. All relationships will change our identity no matter who they are or what kind of relationship they have with us. Our friends shape our identity just as much as our family‚ if not more. This statement is very well depicted in the play “A street car named Desire by Tennessee Williams”. Throughout the play you see

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    A Streetcar named Desire I can’t stand a naked light bulb‚ any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action. This line clearly sets up the key theme of illusion vs reality. Blanche takes the naked truth - the stark bare lightbulb‚ the rude remark - and dresses it up prettily to make everyone happier and everything easier. That she speaks of talk and action as analogous to a lightbulb shows that she considers the remedy for uncouth behavior and appearance to be a paper lantern‚ an external

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    How does Williams present the conflict between old and new in Scene 2? In this essay I would be evaluating how ‘A Street Car Named Desire’ explores the values of an Old South versus the contemporary South of the early Twentieth century. Blanche represents the Old South’s genteel manners‚ lady like behavior and old fashioned courtships. Stanley represents the New South’s ruthless pursuit of success and economic pragmatism. He is the symbol of the ‘American Dream’. In scene two‚ there is a confrontation

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    Usually she sings or talks about all that unrealistic fantasies. 1. When she lost Belle Reve‚ she’s having "intimacies" with strangers. At last‚ she got kicked out of the school for having an relationship with 17 year old boy. 2. At first Stanley tried to rip off her fantasy‚ she quickly got along with Stanley’s best friend‚ Mitch. Finally‚ she put Mitch on her side instead of Stanley’s. 3. When Stanley firstly mentioned about ’the flamingo’ she got all nervous if her secrets would be

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    chain runs with him.”- Friedrich Nietzsche (German-Swiss philosopher and writer). In the light of Nietzsche’s opinion‚ compare and contrast the presentation of the past as a limiting factor to the identities of the female protagonists in ‘A Streetcar named Desire’ and ‘Top Girls’ Williams and Churchill present the past as a haunting spectre that threatens the characters progress in their future life. Both playwrights construct the past as an emerging chain that‚ parasitic like‚ has clinged onto the

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    Economics South Africa Vs. New Zealand Mphumzi Duna T14031 Kayla Dunbar T14032 Cinga Dyantyisi T14033 Ezile Yandisa Fani T14034 Rafeeq Goliath T14039 Contents 1. Introduction: South Africa New Zealand 2. Economic Systems: South Africa New Zealand 3. Geographical Structure: South Africa New Zealand 4. Demographics and Social Structure: South Africa New Zealand 5. Economy: South Africa New Zealand 6. Conclusion 7. Bibliography 8. Division of tasks

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