Colin’s Story: The Bluebird of Happiness- Colin describes his stepfather whom he calls dad. He has thought of him as his biological father all the while. His dad looks like him. His dad has dark hair with some grey patches around his ears. His dad used to roll his own cigarettes out of tobacco in a tin. His dad calls him by many nick names- Col‚ Collie‚ Sonny-boy‚ Buster‚ Mr Bluebird. Colin’s mum works in a shop. His dad walks him to school and back. His dad got him his tea and took him to the park
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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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instantly falls in love with. As his hopes rise again‚ spring comes‚ and he is able to bring the woman‚ Stella‚ a “small bouquet of violets and rosebuds” (622). The first time Leo meets Stella‚ he notes that “she wore white with red shoes‚ which fitted his expectations‚ although in a troubled moment he had imagined the dress red‚ and only the shoes white” (622). In this case‚ the colors Stella wears represent her sin and innocence. Leo is concerned when he mistakenly thinks that she is wearing mostly
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reality and appearance in the play tells the divergence of these two conflicting viewpoints. The characters of Stanley and Blanche signify the extravagances on the range of realism and fact‚ however the character of Stella is used to portray the median of these two types of being. Stella‚ like the countless bulk
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Blanche‚ Stella’s older sister‚ until recently a high school English teacher in Laurel‚ Mississippi. She arrives in New Orleans a loquacious‚ witty‚ arrogant‚ fragile‚ and ultimately crumbling figure. Blanche once was married to and passionately in love with a tortured young man. He killed himself after she discovered his homosexuality‚ and she has suffered from guilt and regret ever since. Blanche watched parents and relatives‚ all the old guard‚ die off‚ and then had to endure foreclosure on the
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joining Ivan‚ the gorilla‚ and Stella‚ the elephant‚ who have lived there for the majority of their lives. Her new approach to the situation of "the domain" helps influence Ivan’s thoughts‚ choices‚ and actions regarding his living space. Julia is a young girl‚ her father George works in the
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Williams uses two kinds of music‚ both of which create a feeling of apprehension and an ominous atmosphere. The ‘blue piano’ is symptomatic of misery and loss and appears at significant emotional moments in the play. For instance‚ when Blanche tells Stella about the loss of Belle Reve‚ ‘The music of the ‘blue piano’ grows louder.’ The melancholy sound of the piano reflects both Blanche and Stella’s feelings of loss and shock. The polka‚ on the other hand‚ can only be heard by Blanche and signifies key
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reveal Blanche’s past and her true nature. One of the themes in scene 3 was the Male vs. Female Conflict. Stanley is depicted as a strong dominant masculine force‚ though after the whole dramatic radio scene‚ he feels excessive remorse and yells at Stella in expectation of forgiveness. This is example of how Stanley’s character is extreme‚ varying from violence to regret in just a matter of minutes. Stanley’s behavior is also viewed as animal like‚ Tennessee Williams may be revealing the more animalistic
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surrounds a marriage between Stanley and Stella Kowalski. The play begins to get interesting when Stella’s sister‚ Blanche‚ arrives from out of town. Blanche brings news that the family plantation back home is bankrupt. Stanley begins to question Blanche’s past and intentions with: “I got an acquaintance who deals with this sort of merchandise. I’ll have him in here to appraise it” (Williams 1828). This causes the first argument between the two when Stella replies “Don’t be such an idiot‚ Stanley”
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theme in the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is how the women are treated in their marriages and in society. The story focuses on two sisters‚ Blanch DuBois and Stella Kowalski and their relationship with each other and their respective partners; Mitch and Stanley. Blanche is the older sister of Stella‚ who was a high school English teacher in Laurel‚ Mississippi‚ before she was forced to leave her job. Around the age of thirty‚ Blanche is an already fragile woman who has come
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