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    positive as one may think. When interrogating traditional Disney films through a gender perspective‚ one will notice that the female characters are often portrayed as domestic‚ passive‚ and dependent on males. In terms of domesticity‚ let us take Belle in Beauty and the Beast as an example. This character‚ who lives with her father‚ is represented as completely responsible for the household domestic duties‚ such as cleaning the farmhouse and going into town for shopping‚ while her father remains

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    THE DISNEY PRINCESSES Disney Princess is a media franchise owned by The Walt Disney Company. The 10 current members of the franchise are Snow White‚ Cinderella‚ Aurora‚ Ariel‚ Belle‚ Jasmine‚ Pocahontas‚ Mulan‚ Tiana‚ and Rapunzel. These princesses all have remarkably good personalities. They are kind-hearted‚ beautiful and each princess comes with a unique story that makes them one-of-a-kind. And these stories are not any ordinary stories. Most came from famous fairy tale storybooks with a few

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    Streetcar Named Desire

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    Streetcar Named Desire Scene 2 1) Stella tells Stanley that Belle Reve (Rive?) is lost. It leads to a little argument. He asks for the papers‚ looks inside her trunk. He finds clothes‚ letters from Blanche’s dead husband‚ in a tin box. Napoleonic code. Stanley reveals Stella’s pregnancy. Belle Reve was lost on mortgage‚ sold by Ambler & Ambler 2) Sees through Blanche’s trunk. “Your looks are okay” -> Blanche was expecting compliments 3) Beautiful dresses - no paper at the

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    contrast the ways in which two of your chosen writers present relationships in the light of this comment Tennessee William’s ‘A Street Named Desire’ explores and contrasts two settings‚ the more accepting‚ and open minded society and the ‘Southern Belle’ in urban New Orleans 1940‚ while Ian McEwan’s ‘Enduring Love’ is about endurance‚ or survival‚ and sets love in its different forms‚ from unconditioned‚ romantic‚ idealised and obsessive. In contrast to William’s play‚ McEwan’s novel is set in late

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    In ’A Streetcar Named Desire’ and ’A Doll’s House’ we are presented with characters that are trapped by their social circumstances. For instance Blanche DuBois is deeply affected by her social circumstances‚ as she believes that she needs to suit the expectations set for women of that time. Similarly‚ Nora’s freedom is limited by her high social standing‚ as Torvald Helmer places restrictions on her freedom to protect his own social image. However‚ it is not only the characters’ social circumstances

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    explains why she left her teaching job‚ an explanation that proves to be false. She expresses a concern that Stanley may not like her. Stella reassures her but also tells her not to compare him to men they knew when they lived at Belle Reve. Blanche tells her that Belle Reve has been lost and blames Stella for the loss because she left home. They have an argument about who is to blame. Stella begins to cry and goes into the bathroom. Stanley‚ Steve‚ and Mitch return‚ and Blanche hides from Stanley

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    Art Periods/ Movements Characteristics Chief Artists and Major Works Historical Events Stone Age (30‚000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Cave painting‚ fertility goddesses‚ megalithic structures Lascaux Cave Painting‚ Woman of Willendorf‚ Stonehenge Ice Age ends (10‚000 b.c.–8‚000 b.c.); New Stone Age and first permanent settlements (8000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Mesopotamian (3500 b.c.–539 b.c.) Warrior art and narration in stone relief Standard of Ur‚ Gate of Ishtar‚ Stele of Hammurabi ’s Code Sumerians invent

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    NAME: Jepter Lorde FACULTY: Social Sciences UWI Cave Hill DEPARTMENT: Government‚ Sociology and Social Work DEGREE: B.Sc Political Science and Economics LECTURER: Dr. Tennyson Joseph DATE: 22ND November 2013. Identify and discuss the central themes of Gordon Lewis’ Main Currents in Caribbean Thought‚ Paget Henry’s Caliban’s Reason‚ Rex Nettleford’s “The Battle for Space” and Charles W. Mill’s Blackness Visible and explain the manner in which these works assist in your understanding of the characteristic

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    Shan Jafri Ms. Tufano AP English- D Period 13 November 2013 Desire and Death in A Streetcar Named Desire In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ Blanche refuses to accept reality and tries to resuscitate her idealized past through memory. She allows desire to conduct the way she lives and as a matter of fact is ultimately destroyed by the pursuit of her sexual desires. The correlation between death and desire is a prominent aspect that Williams explores in A Streetcar Named Desire. Throughout the

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    film include Aladdin riding on a magic carpet and the fact the narrator of the story was depicted as “an unsightly‚ filthy Arab” (7). Surprisingly‚ however‚ Aladdin’s theme song‚ “A Whole New World‚” was performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle‚ two African-American recording artists‚ and the music video for the song was played heavily on Black Entertainment Television (BET) in 1993. In addition‚ Disney did not launch any campaigns for

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