way he speaks to Blanche in particular. Williams uses stage directions to give the audience a detailed description of Stanley as a character‚ he emphasises Stanley as being animalistic; ‘Drunk – drunk – animal thing‚ you!’ This is a quote said by Stella‚ Stanley’s wife. By the use of the words ‘animal thing’ the audience gets a sense of something that is beastly and it highlights his primitive nature. Also by describing him as a ‘thing’ rather than a man or other we can really see his true nature
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the work. “I don’t want to be the ways I am…the only experiences I’ve had have been in crazy dreams of movie stars (Vonnegut 21. Helene Shaw who played the role of Stella symbolizes young women of the modern age‚ who are not contempt with their lives‚ And begin adapting to the life the wished they had. In this case Helene became Stella who falls in love with Marlon Brando who is played by Harry Nash. Her obsession to feel what love is has driven her to obtain a personality of which is not her own
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Food and consumption are employed as symbols through which diverse religious‚ sexual and societal thematic concerns are presented throughout western literature. Winterson presents consumables as microcosmic aspects of Jeanette’s internal struggle in Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985) concerning her religious and sexual attitudes within her post-modern society. As an extended metaphor‚ oranges are at the epicentre of Louie’s fundamentalist congregation as representations of the strictly heteronormative
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I promised Stella I would get Ruby into a better place‚ but why does it matter‚ she just got here. Shouldn’t she have to die here just like all the rest of us. She’s just a little elephant and with her‚ maybe we’ll be able to get some visitors. If anyone should get out of here it’s me‚ because I’ve been here the longest time not the little elephant Ruby. I feel that I’m better than everyone else and it even says it on the billboard‚ “Come see the one and only Ivan mighty silverback.” I haven’t had
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brought there by her very own desire. Blanche’s sexual intimacies held with many men has ruined her reputation and driven her out of her home town. Blanche is longing and wishing to start her life over in the town of Elysian Fields with her sister Stella. She feels that everyone in this town will accept her because they are unaware of her secrets and terrible reputation. Blanche is confident in keeping her past a secret and portraying herself to be such a respected and lady-like woman. 2. Blanche
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delicate and fragile minded outcast. Ostracized by her hometown and abandoned by her family‚ she resorts to prostitution and alcoholism for consolation. In her efforts to assure herself of her own worth in her growing age‚ and to rescue her sister‚ Stella‚ from an abusive lifestyle‚ she offends the male-dominated society in which she is trapped. Despite Blanche’s controversial lifestyle and destructive actions‚ she is nonetheless a tragic heroine whose downfall resulted from poor treatment at the hands
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Art has been considered to be meticulous and meaningful. However‚ in the early 1960s‚ artists who think art has been too obsolete and academic started a new style that was dramatic but simple. This art style is called‚ “Minimalism”. Instead of using clay or marble to make sculpture‚ the sculpture was fabricated from industrial materials. Also‚ they avoid obvious meaning and emotional content in the artworks. They emphasise on the feeling and the abstract impression. The purpose of art was usually
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Rosa had a sad life. After the Holocaust she lived in a world which most people do not see. She saw the world in the eyes of a Holocaust victim‚ and that was hell for her. Although life went on for her‚ she still had an anvil hanging over her head every day. The loss of her child. She writes letters day after day‚ which some people would call insanity. But how else could one cope with what happened to her besides giving up? I think Rosa lives on but with the same pattern as before if not worse. After
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In Tennesse Williams’ play‚ "A Streetcar Named Desire" the readers are introduced to a character named Blanche DuBois. In the plot‚ Blanche is Stella’s younger sister who has come to visit Stella and her husband Stanley in New Orleans. After their first meeting Stanley develops a strong dislike for Blanche and everything associated with her. Among the things Stanley dislikes about Blanche are her "spoiled-girl" manners and her indirect and quizzical way of conversing. Stanley also
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thus‚ in turn‚ evoking a reaction of immediate dislike from the audience. Furthermore‚ Blanche s revelation that she lost Belle Reve serves to quicken the pace thereby indicating a change in the rhythm of the play. As a result of Blanche s statement‚ Stella states‚ Belle Reve? Lost‚ is it? No! The presence of the rhetorical questions as well as the exclamation marks and short monosyllabic phrases serves to significantly increase the pace and therefore the
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