In nineteen minutes‚ you can mow the front lawn‚ color your hair‚ watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes‚ you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five....In nineteen minutes‚ you can stop the world‚ or you can just jump off it. In nineteen minutes‚ you can get revenge. Sterling is a small‚ ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens until the day its complacency is shattered by a shocking act of violence. In the aftermath
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A Streetcar Named Desire: Illusion Replacing Reality “Human kind cannot bear much reality” (Eliot 14). Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” is an artistic demonstration of T.S. Eliot’s observation. In Streetcar‚ Blanche‚ a woman in crisis‚ visits her sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley in New Orleans. Blanche is from an upper-class background but has fallen on hard times‚ both economically and emotionally. Stanley is from a lower-class background with a cruel streak a mile wide
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many ambitious‚ provocative films‚ "15 Minutes" is a bit of a mess. Both audacious and unwieldy‚ exciting and excessive‚ this dark thriller is too long‚ too violent and not always convincing. But at the same time‚ there’s no denying that it’s onto something‚ that its savage indictment of the nexus involving media‚ crime and a voracious public is a cinematic statement difficult to ignore. For despite its traditional cops-and-killers format‚ "15 Minutes" (its title taken from Andy Warhol’s prediction
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Blanche is the most sympathetic character Blanche is most sympathetic character in Tennessee William’s’ A Streetcar Names Desire. At first the audience’s reactions to Blanche would be negative because of her judgment and action. However‚ as Williams reveals more details about her past the audience start to feel that why she did like that‚ and events in her life beyond her control have led her to be this way and‚ would certainly feel sympathy for her. Blanche had sad past. Her young husband ‚Allan
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I was very disappointed‚ and frankly‚ Blanche DOES come across-- by her own hand-- as rather unstable and needy. Blanche‚ though her own writings and not through anyone else’s prejudices‚ does not paint a flattering self-portrait here. The most glaring fault is her constant refrain that the world would not leave "innocent" people in peace. Neither Blanche nor Buck was innocent. Buck‚ in every account except Blanche’s prejudicial one‚ seemed to be a darned fool. No sooner was he pardoned from a long
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Since the play’s debut in 1947‚ Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire has been considered both his most charming play as well as the most controversial piece of literature he has written. When reading any form of literature‚ one of the most important occurrences is that of the movement between the author and the reader. Williams uses competing narratives throughout A Street Car Named Desire‚ inviting a unique perspective for the reader to be able to assess the authority of the storytellers
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Severn Cullis-Suzuki gave the speech at the UN Earth Summit of 1992‚ when she was only 12 years old. E.C.O raised money with members of ECO‚ to attend the Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Severn Cullis-Suzuki personally wrote the entire speech (below) Hello‚ I’m Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O. - The Environmental Childrens Organisation. We are a group of twelve and thirteen-year-olds trying to make a difference: Vanessa Suttie‚ Morgan Geisler‚ Michelle Quigg and me. We raised all the money ourselves
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Tennessee v Garner refers to using “all necessary means to effect the arrest” in the case of a suspect fleeing or forcibly resisting (FindLaw‚ n.d.). With this Tennessee statute‚ there are some stipulations (FindLaw‚ n.d.). There must be a belief that the suspect will act in a manner which would cause serious physical harm or death to others (FindLaw‚ n.d.). The amount of forced used must be in balance with the crime committed and how imminent harm is likely to occur (FindLaw‚ n.d.). Two police
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“Something still exists as long as there’s someone around to remember it.” Jodi Picoult‚ page 153. I read the book Nineteen Minutes‚ the quote I used above relates to many things that have happened in my life. These things haven’t only happened once in my life. I chose this because it would be the best quote relating to my life. Many of my friends‚ and family members have died in the past‚ seeing their brothers‚ sisters‚ or parents make me remember it the most. Yes‚ its very sad but these
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12G Williams’ begins the scene with a description of New Orleans’ Elysian Fields; the town in which it is set. It seems old and slightly poor which begs the audience to ask the question ‘why?’ as America during the 1950’s was known for its stability and its economic boom in which all areas of America were invested in. So had this town been neglected‚ is it that cut off from mainstream America? The section is described as having a ‘raffish charm’ unlike most other American cities – Williams uses
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