Commentary on ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ In the novel ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams‚ a scene that often catches the attention of readers is the poker scene. It begins when Blanche and Stella return from seeing a show too early‚ not wanting to have been a distraction or a nuisance while the men played poker. Stanley rudely dismisses the ladies making sure they know they aren’t welcome to join in‚ the tension escalates as does the banter and Stanley whacks Stella’s thigh to end
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CASE STUDY #20 TYCO: I ’m Sure That Is a Really Nice Shower Curtain. The author chronicles the downfall of Dennis Kozlowski‚ the former CEO Tyco International. He was convicted in 2005 of his receipt of $81‚000‚000 in unauthorized bonuses‚ purchasing art for approximately $14.7 million. He also paid $20‚000‚000 to his Tyco director. This trouble essentially began when he bought art for his house (in New York) and sent it to New Hampshire to avoid $1‚000‚000 in taxes. He also tampered
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The aftermath of World War II had left Europe devastated. After the end of the war in 1945 USSR‚ USA‚ France and Britain‚ had decided to occupy and rebuild land in Europe. Poland‚ Romania‚ Czechoslovakia and the eastern half of Germany were occupied by the Soviet troops‚ while the Americans‚ British‚ and France occupied the other half. The two superpowers‚ USA and USSR‚ had very different plans of how they wanted Europe to be rebuilt. The United States wanted Europe to be rebuilt with a Democratic
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Commentary on my Speech: The importance being healthy and knowing what health is. I wrote a speech directed at college students persuading them to think about the importance of being healthy. I was inspired by the use of rhetorical questions used in Tim Ryan’s ‘Draft’. For example in the first paragraph I say ‘so is that all? Is that the definition of health? This causes the listener to think about what I’m saying which links to my target audience as young people can often lose interest during
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“Ghost of a city lives in another” commentary “The Ghost of a city lives in another” is a very interesting piece; it questions the modern meaning of globalization. Globalization is often seen as a positive term‚ a consequence of human improvement. According to Joseph Stiglitz‚ an economist and Nobel Prize winner defines globalization in this way: “Globalization is the closer integration of the countries and people of the world brought by the enormous reduction of costs of transportation and communication
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D Descriptive words for Commentary or analysis of text: |Positive | | |Negative | |Authentic |Inspirational |Reactionary a person who holds a set of` views against |Absurd |
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Poetry Commentary In the poem “Where the Sidewalk Ends”‚ which poetic techniques does the poet Shel Silverstein use to make the work so moving? The poem “Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein signifies the passage of life. The poet uses a sidewalk as an extended metaphor to describe the dark and dreary ways of life. The end of the sidewalk is supposed to represent heaven or the end of the passage. His purpose is to teach the reader about the steady pace in which one walks towards his or
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upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot‚ full of sound and fury Signifying nothing. (5.5 17-28) Act 5‚ Scene 5 Commentary In act 5‚ scene 5 of Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare uses metaphors‚ diction‚ mood and tone to emphasize the concept that life is meaningless‚ in order to suggest the theme of ambition without moral constraints. Upon hearing of his wife’s death‚ Macbeth
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In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gasby‚ in several aspects‚ the roles and actions of the different people in the society of the 1920s were mentioned. The juxtaposition between the rich and the poor were shown in the novel such as the two different setting‚ vivid characters and actions in addition to the motives behind it. The story starts out with Nick‚ as seen as the protagonist‚ gaining insight and his individual opinion on society as he narrates the societal status‚ values and actions
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October 3rd‚ 2014 Commentary: The Send Off This poem‚ written by Wilfred Owens‚ describes a group of men going off to war‚ hence the title‚ “The Send Off.” Throughout the poem there is a gloomy and rundown attitude‚ coupled with matching descriptions‚ which is a drastic change to the earlier patriotic jingoistic poems about the war. In this poem‚ a more realistic‚ dismal attitude towards going off to war is taken. With elevated language and the haphazard rhyme scheme within the short stanzas‚ the
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