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    A Streetcar Named Desire Analysis Essay Outline I. Topic P A. Williams uses the complex imagery of light to reveal that‚ ultimately‚ Blanche’s attempt to hide her flaws in the dark caused her undermining. To Blanche‚ light serves as a cruel agent used to expose and to hurt‚ while the dark shields. Her destruction‚ like the painful experience of entering sudden and searing brightness after being in a pitch-black room for a long period of time‚ was a result of always shrouding the truth. However

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    In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ the varsouviana polka and blue piano music are used to depict the mood of the text/character and mostly of Blanche’s emotions and the events that are unfolding around her. On page 21 of Scene One‚ the quote‚ “The music of the ‘blue piano’ grows louder.” is mentioned after Stella realizes Bele Reve really is gone and Blanche confirms. The increase in volume shows the intensity which they feel‚ having to accept that Bele Reve is gone. To extend on the idea that an increase

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    Stella is Blanches younger sister and is married to Stanley. She is confident‚ she pretty much worships Stanley and loves him alot. Also‚ Stella is argumentive‚ and a little controlling. Not to mention she is also pregnant in the movie‚ and the baby does come. Blanch on the other hand‚ is very different from Stella. Blanch is a nervous wreck who flirts‚ portrays herself as wealthy‚ and is also dangerous. She has also slept with a seventeen year old boy and she thinks she is better than everybody

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    Enrique stays in the US because he wants to be with his mother and little sister.But the dilemma of that is‚ he has his girlfriend Maria Isabel and his daughter Jasmin back in Honduras.”She feels the same warmth and love from Enrique when he first arrived on her doorstep in North Carolina.He always wanted to be with me”(Nazario 235).Enrique wants to stay with his mother because he wanted to know if his mother still loved him‚ which she does love him very much.He always thought that his mother left

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    ISSUES IN THE NOVEL SOCIAL POSITION Brontë utilizes the novel to express her investigate of Victorian class difference. Jane is reliably a poor individual inside a well off condition‚ especially with the Reeds and at Thornfield. Her neediness makes various obstructions for her and her quest for joy‚ including individual instability and the foreswearing of chances. The excellent Miss Ingram’s higher social remaining‚ for example‚ makes her Jane’s primary rival for Mr. Rochester’s adoration‚ despite

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    How is the character of Blanche presented in Scenes 1 and 2 in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’? In ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’‚ Tennessee Williams presents Blanche DuBois as an extremely multifaceted character who represents both old and idealist values in America. Appearances are deceiving‚ and this is clearly shown through the character of Blanche in the play‚ as she puts on a smug and arrogant front to conceal her fragile personality. To ‘blanche’ something is to ‘drain it of colour’ and thus the image

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    By pretending to be someone she wasn’t and ignoring her feelings‚ Blanche creates a disconnection between her and Mitch. When Mitch finally discovers Blanche’s truths‚ he comes to talk to her with unkempt appearances‚ which Blanche considers “the unforgivable insult to a lady” (140). By Blanche finding Mitch’s appearance an “insult to a lady”‚ she tries to keep her façade up as well as defines herself as a lady. Prior to Mitch knowing the truth‚ he viewed Blanche as a lady and gave her respect. However

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    The Desire to Justify Cruelty When do we overlook malicious behavior? Is our emotional appeal to like a person enough for us to look past deliberate cruelty? Bound up in the play A Streetcar Named Desire is the fundamental question of how the characters are dialectically cruel and the ways they justify their desires. By means of a theme of cruelty when whiteness is evoked‚ author Tennessee Williams displays when we justify the actions of others to reinforce gender identities‚ and the emotions which

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    family from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and The Dubois-Kowalski family from Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire both demonstrate that it is imperative for a family to have peace or otherwise a family would face the danger of tragedy. The Crucible imparts the significance of peace in the domestic setting through the moving tragedy of the Proctor family. In this play‚ the theme of desire is the catalyst for the family’s tragedy. Abigail Williams‚ a beautiful young girl‚ becomes sexually

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    10/03/2011 Blanche’s Lies: An Investigation of Paper in A Streetcar Named Desire And so it was I entered the broken world To trace the visionary company of love‚ its voice An instant in the wind (I know not whither hurled) But not for long to hold each desperate choice. (allpoetry...) In this passage from the epigraph of the play‚ we see direct parallels between the poem (Hart Crane’s “The Broken Tower”) and A Streetcar Named Desire. It could be interpreted from Blanche’s perspective; where

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