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    http://www.shmoop.com http://www.enotes.com http://www.onlinereviewlondon.com “A play is always a reflection of its time. Social‚ political‚ economic and theatrical influences‚ all have their expression in theater” Tenessee Williams The play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof truly reflects its time but more then that it reflects the play write. The play takes place on one of the largest cotton plantations in the Mississippi Delta during the 1950s. It is summer‚ and man is it hot. The play is centered in

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    Postmodern American authors share many themes highlighting communal pressures on ill adjusted characters. This is a direct result of the collective American desire to diverge from conformity‚ a common view shared by many progressive people in the 40s and 50s‚ including Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. Picture white picket fences lining newly mowed green lawns‚ each house nearly identical‚ sheltering a providing husband and dainty housewife committed to one man. To break from this archetype would

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    Kate Chopin’s "Desiree’s Baby" is a timeless portrayal of one woman’s startling descent into hysteria and the societal pressures that bring on rapid and uninhibited panic. Desiree unknowingly becomes the victim of her husband’s hierarchical cover-up- he puts the blame for the child’s condemned skin color on Desiree when he is in fact of black descent. This forceful allegation‚ compounded with other accusations of not being white that presumably take place outside of the home‚ in effect drive Desiree

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    Can we be Slaves to our Desires? Epictetus argues that we can be slaves to our desires. In one example‚ a man clearly desires power and thinks he gains it by becoming Caesar’s friend; though in doing so‚ he becomes more like a slave. Although he may have increased his social status‚ he proves to be worse off and more enslaved than when he started. He now has to pay attention continuously to Caesar’s every word. He has to agonize constantly over whether the great Caesar views him favorably‚ and

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    The fusion of Eros and Thanatos in A Streetcar Named Desire Death and desire have been linked closely together ever since Freud identified Eros (the instinct of life‚ love and sexuality) and Thanatos (the instinct of death and destruction) as two coinciding and conflicting drives within human being (Cranwell). In Tennesse Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) these fundamental drives of Eros and Thanatos dominate the story from the beginning to the end. This becomes particularly clear through

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    Desire of Ages Chapter 7

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    Chapter 7 As a Child THE childhood and youth of Jesus were spent in a little mountain village. There was no place on earth that would not have been honored by His presence. The palaces of kings would have been privileged in receiving Him as a guest. But He passed by the homes of wealth‚ the courts of royalty‚ and the renowned seats of learning‚ to make His home in obscure and despised Nazareth. Wonderful in its significance is the brief record of His early life: "The child grew‚ and waxed strong

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    The rape at the end of scene 10 is clearly the key moment for the motif of violence. I think this moment ties together all of the themes that are reflected by the theme of violence‚ and rape not only incorporates physical but also psychological violence‚ further accentuating the importance of this moment. Violence is often seen as a result of conflict in the play‚ and this moment clearly results from all of the conflicts explored throughout the text. Primarily‚ the conflict between Blanche and

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    What’s going on? (A confession) Set on a dark stage‚ an anonymous character stands in front of an illuminated background where shadows of hands reaching for the character are casted from behind. The unknown character is positioned in the centre of the stage‚ however no lights shine upon it‚ indicating that the person remains hidden from the audience. (People whisper) As the character is about to commence its monologue‚ a frontal light shines directly at the character. A. (the whispers stop) I

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    This play tells the feverish story of the pathetic mental and emotional demise of a determined‚ however fragile‚ repressed and delicate Southern lady (Blanche Dubois) born to a once-wealthy family. Her impoverished‚ tragic downfall in the squalid‚ .. Huntleigh for help escaping from New Orleans; when Stella laughs at her‚Blanche reveals that she is completely broke. Stanley walks in as Blanche ismaking fun of him and secretly overhears Blanche and Stella’s conversation.Later‚ he threatens Blanche

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    The play titled "Driving Miss Daisy" directed for the stage in Melbourne‚ Australia by David Esbjornson is a classic one. Initially‚ the playwright Alfred Uhry‚ made this play a Broadway hit in 2010‚ and is still popular to this day. In short‚ "Driving Miss Daisy"‚ is about race and the growing and changing times in the United States. Daisy‚ being a Jewish widow is condemned from driving‚ therefore‚ her son‚ hires a chauffeur of African-American descent‚ so after‚ their friendship emerges and America

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