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    set a person free‚ but more often than not‚ it turns out to be an immense burden that leaves lasting damage on its unsuspecting victims. In any relationship‚ truth is an vital part in it’s success. However in Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire being truthful is not commonly utilized‚ and throughout the play‚ there is an abundance of lies and betrayal from the moment Blanche Dubois comes to town. Whether there are good or bad experiences in a writer’s life‚ their respective experiences

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    capabilities but due to the duties dumped upon her by god. Moreover‚ this is followed by the influx of various alien armies‚ coming to local towns and villages’ long periods for looting. These armies constitute only men‚ who in order to satiate their sexual desires and owing to their physical strength‚ start raping the locals. This develops a mentality that the man is physically strong‚ economically independent‚ the bread earner of the house‚ and he is seen as someone who is meant to take care of his women‚

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    UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS IGCSE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 0486 NOTES FOR TEACHERS ON STORIES SET FOR STUDY FROM STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR EXAMINATION IN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 2010‚ 2011 AND 2012 CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these notes 1. The Signalman Charles Dickens 2. The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3. How It Happened Arthur Conan Doyle

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    Tennessee Williams‚ I also used another source by a Harvard professor named Patrick Gillespie. Blanche and Jasmine always loved and needed money. Stanley and Augie need money to get happiness‚ Also Ginger wanting happiness. In the book A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche has always loved money. When she was living in her big house in belle

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    pre-existence‚ opposing forces have existed in a perpetual state of antagonism. An unending war of push and pull rages on between the extremes of all spectrums in existence. One such war is depicted throughout Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire in the form of an explosive relationship between the play’s lead‚ Blanche DuBois‚ and her brother-in-law‚ Stanley Kowalski. Given that the former is the physical embodiment of illusion and the latter of reality‚ an ever-present air of mutual disdain

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    For my compare and and contrast essay I read two different stories/perspectives of Aushwitzs. The first book I read is titled Night by Ellie Wiesel‚ and the second book I read is called A Doctor’s Eyewitness account: Aushwitz by Dr Milkos Nyiszli. The two stories are very similar because they are both about the event that happened in the 1940s because of Hitler’s hatred for the Jews. There is other concentration camps other than Aushwitzs‚ but this is the most popular one. Ellie Wiesel went through

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    Overview A Streetcar Named Desire was set in the 1947‚ two years after WW2. This time was challenging as society and its buildings were being rebuilt after the stock market hit a low. The play was based in the French Quarter‚ which is the oldest neighbourhood in New Orleans. Through the duration of the play the cast members appear on the first floor of Stella and Stanley’s two bedroom flat. As the book describes the flat it has ‘a grand white staircase to leads the visitor to the door’. The characters

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    Brilliant and creative writers are able to exploit simple ideas or objects to emphasize an important message or characterize a persona in their play. In Streetcar Named Desire‚ by Tennessee Williams‚ Williams utilizes light to help characterize Blanche DuBois. Blanche is presented as an individual who avoids reality‚ has sexual desires‚ and displays herself ostentatiously‚ but she is really an insecure tragic figure; she lies about her age and steers clear of things that will expose the truth. Williams

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    Practical analysis 1 While reading the following story‚ I noted its plot structure: 1. Are the events arranged chronologically? Do they catch and hold the reader’s interest? All the events arranged chronologically‚ they catch readers interest‚ because after two Soapy’s attempts ”to go to the Island” that were failed it’s interesting to know what’s the end will be. 2. What is the role of the exposition? The exposition is the beginning section in which the author provides the necessary background

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    A Desire for Freedom Patrick Henry once said‚ “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people‚ it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” Henry was very passionate and heartfelt about his desire for freedom and liberty. He believed the Constitution of The United States was not going to be used to rule over the people‚ but the people would take control of their own lives. The Constitution was

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