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    of war between Blanche and Stanley -- a fight of manners versus manhood. This battle, carried out through overt displays of sexuality and subtle wordplay, foreshadows Blanche’s destruction at Stanley’s hands as well as reinforcing Blanche’s insecurities and Stanley’s dominating, alpha-male persona. Here, the battleground for the pair’s fight is Stella, the rope in their metaphorical tug of war, In this passage, Williams outlines the beginnings of a violent tug of war between Blanche and Stanley…

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    and not the suffering of another. They face reality and change it so that they are comfortable with themselves. The others who stay in Omelas may not have enough will power to not rely on others for their own happiness. In A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche has to go to an institution when she is confronted by reality. She seems to be stuck in her delusional world and does not wish to leave it. Her sister on the other hand seems to be at a crossroads where she may follow Blanche’s path if she…

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    sometimes in life we hit hills and the only way to get past them is to go up them and then back down. Much like The American and The Girl who hit trouble and struggle to get through it. In "Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, The 'American' and "the Girl" relationship reveals its complexity through ignorance, selfishness, and not sharing the same vision for the future that eventually leads them to dynamically change. In hills Like White Elephants, hemingway illustrates a…

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    Tennessee Williams in his play A Streetcar Named Desire explores the natural state of man and his primitive desires and actions. Through his characters, Stanley and Blanche, he shows how the two sides of man’s natural state. William’s goal is shown in the 1951 production of the play starring Marlon Brando and Vivian Leigh. In this production the play is acted out in a way that allows all audiences to grasp the underlying theme while remaining entertaining and engaging to the audience. The…

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    demonstrates real life conflicts and relationships through two sisters, a new marriage, and different friendships. Stella and Blanche are sisters from Bella Reve in Mississippi. Stella moved away to New Orleans and got married to Stanley, Blanche came up to visit her sister because she lost everything they had at Belle Reve, her job, her house, and she was kicked out of the town. Blanche did not tell Stella and Stanley about these things she just told them Belle Reve was lost. Stanley knew…

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    “Desire”, as something more than just an undefined force because what led Blanche to her overall destruction is her sexual desire and passion. "Cemeteries", however, is connected to “Desire” because it reinforces the reminder that a life driven by desire only ends in one fatal way. A). In Scene 4 Blanche uses the image of “that rattle-trap street-car” to explain her sexual desire to her sister, Stella. Williams uses Blanche to explain that if one is driven by desire, it is inevitable that…

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    Blanche went to visit her sister, Stella, and her husband Stanley Kowalski, in New Orleans. There are several reason why Blanche went to visit Stella. One of the main reason was because the family property, Belle Reve, was lost. By going to New Orleans Blanche would stay with family and comfort herself because the family property that she was in charge of was lost. After arriving in New Orleans, Blanche was surprise on how different it was compared to Mississippi. Unlike Mississippi, people of…

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    That dance title is called The Car Man a dramatic dance. In the second act of the drama dance .The second act cot my eye on how when everyone one left Dino's dinner and left Lana and Lunca alone.The music started to move quicker every time they got closer to each other and then the light flash at them with everything else being dark .They started to have intense sex on the table and the floor .Lena kept on repting her moves by putting her hands up in the air while Lunca as kissing her body…

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    “Mob Wives” is coming to a close as the final season may be done filming but does that mean Brittany Fogarty is done causing drama with the ladies on set? After mourning the loss of “Big Ang”, the ladies are back to work and life while filming “Mob Wives” final season and Season 6 shows Brittany Fogarty slamming Renee Graziano as the instigator. Though she is just a new cast member on the show, Brittany Forgarty has never been shy to open her self and her opinions to the world by getting all…

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    Corpses Bride Review In the Corpses Bide there is a groom named Victor and his bride named Victoria. Victor didn’t do the wedding correctly so he went in the woods to practice. While he was practicing he accidentally got married to a zombie named Emily. Then they go in the underworld together. Victor doesn’t like her so he tries to escape many times but cant. Meanwhile upstairs Victoria gets married to Lord Barkus. Then in the end Victor and Emily go upstairs and ruin their wedding Burton’s…

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