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    Your answer would probably be no because it’s obvious that all of this stuff is toxic and would result in sudden death. This is all of the stuff that cigarette smoke contains‚ so just wonder how harmful would cigarettes actually be. I’ll be telling you about the harmful effectsof tobacco & the great harm caused by the second-hand smoke that is emitted from smoking it. I know you all must have seen it in the movies and would’ve at least thought once that smoking makes you look so cool‚ but believe

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    To What Dramatic Effect Does the Playwright Make Use of Light and Sound? A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams in 1947. Like in many other modern plays‚ here the playwright makes an extensive use of stage effects: the ideas are expressed not only through words‚ but also by sound‚ music and light. They are used to set the context and the mood of the scene – or of the play in general; to implicitly suggest an idea‚ an action; to show the feelings of a character‚ and to let

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    An essay is generally a short piece of writing written from an author’s personal point of view‚ but the definition is vague‚ overlapping with those of an article and a short story. Essays can consist of a number of elements‚ including: literary criticism‚ political manifestos‚ learned arguments‚ observations of daily life‚ recollections‚ and reflections of the author. Almost all modern essays are written in prose‚ but works in verse have been dubbed essays (e.g. Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Criticism

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    Rejection Led her to Psychosis In Tennessee William’s Portrait of Madonna Lucretia Collins is driven mad by the rejection of a man who she so fondly treasured and loved during her youth‚ so mad that she can no longer seem to grasp reality or even take care of herself. Her psychosis led her to think she is pregnant by the intruder who was the man she was in love with as a young girl and whose rejection is the main contribution to her flight from reality. Thus her heart break led to obsession and

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    Illusion Vs. Reality Tennessee Williams and his works deal heavily in the contrast of illusion and reality and the characters’ struggle with this. Illusion vs. Reality is a major theme is mostly all of his dramatic works. The majority of these characters find themselves in a state of illusion. This was intended by Tennessee Williams to show how unavoidable and definite falling into illusion‚ or insanity‚ can be. Williams’ sister Rose affected him greatly when she became schizophrenic. This

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    Williams also reinforces his implied themes with many motifs and symbols‚ such as music‚ drunkenness‚ and bathing. Towards the end of scene three‚ Blanche turns on the radio and “waltzes to the music with romantic gestures [while Mitch imitates] like a dancing bear” (57). Because Blanche is accustomed to her insanity‚ which is represented by the Varsouviana Polka‚ she is able to move along with the music fine while Mitch‚ who is accustomed to reality (and has primitive traits)‚ is unable to gracefully

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    feelings of guilt‚ embarrassment‚ shame‚ or even to protect the people around us. However‚ consequently‚ the act of self-deception can be disastrous‚ not only for the delinquent‚ but also for those around them. This is continuously depicted in Tennessee Williams’ play‚ A Streetcar named Desire‚ as the protagonist‚ Blanche Dubois‚ spins a web of deceitful lies to escape the painful truth of her past. It isn’t only Blanche‚ however‚ that find them self a victim of their own self -deception‚ struggling

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    Do you smoke? -Yes‚ it doesn’t cost me very much because I smoke a packet in one month. Do you know the dangers of tobacco? -Yes‚ the risks are having lung cancer‚ oral cancer‚ chronic cough‚ etc. Have you ever tried to quit? -No‚ because I know I’m not addict When/why do you smoke? -Social occasions because I love how it tastes with alcohol. Have you ever had health problems as a result of smoking? -No Does your addiction affect other people? -Not really because I don’t have

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    theatrical contracts‚ symbolisms‚ and abstract elements. A master of such subject matter was Tennessee Williams. Williams revive of abstract elements was essential to his two plays A Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire. A combination of lights‚ symbols‚ and music are used to pull the audience into the conflict and without these abstractions Williams’ plays would not have as much depth. Tennessee Williams

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    The Truth Hurts A Streetcar Named Desire written by Tennessee Williams is a play about a southern lady named Blanche from Mississippi visiting her sister Stella‚ who is married to Stanley and currently living in Elysian Fields‚ New Orleans. Blanche arrives in Elysian Fields‚ and throughout her entire stay with Stella and Stanley‚ there is tension and conflict occurring in Stella’s house. Even though Blanche and Stella were brought up in the South under wealthy conditions‚ the conflict is mainly caused

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