Blanche DuBois

In the play, Blanche seems to be the most desperate character. In the beginning, she is described as beautiful, proper, and aging southern belle that is moving to New Orleans. After a personal and financial downfall, she is seeking to start a new and better life with her younger sister, Stella, and her husband, Stanley. Her character seems emotionally lost throughout the whole play. She is unable to escape her past and is constantly fighting with herself on what is reality and the truth. Despite…

Who is one that can break a curse? Stanley. From beginning to the end, the curse changes from valid to invalid. But that’s not all that changed. From unlucky to fortunate, desperate to accepting, and careless to considerate, Stanley changes internally with the help of Zero. In the beginning of the book, Stanley is careless, unlucky, and desperate. With the curse against Stanley, he is bound to have bad luck, but this time, “He’d just been at the wrong place at the wrong time.” (Sachar 7).…

student Blanche, having grown up in Belle Reve, is used to a totally different culture than to that of New Orleans. This can be shown when Blanche questions Stella and asks if the types of people in New Orleans are “heterogeneous-types?” By heterogeneous types, Blanche is referring to the diversity of class and race. Back in her hometown, people are typically…

Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, or Blanche Dubois in Tennessee William 's A Streetcar Named Desire,character names seem to deliver eerie reminders of their nature. These parallels of name and nature help promote these character’s motifs as their names are repeated throughout their respective novels. Tea Cake Woods’ from Their Eyes Were Watching God’s real name is Vergible Woods. However it is clear that this name was chosen by Zora Neale…

People should not depend on the kindness of strangers, like Blanche DuBois did, but instead should learn to be strong and independent, because being too dependent is never a good thing. Blanche is overly dependent on men because she is a severe alcoholic, insecure and belittles herself about her age. She seeks men to make her feel better about herself. She drinks because…

1940s in the USA, following the defeat of the southern states in the American Civil War. Williams uses Stanley to portray the social conflict that arose in the southern states, between "northerners" and "southerners" as the other main character, Blanche DuBois, represents some of the values of the southern states. This clash of beliefs is what makes the play so thought-provoking and therefore so interesting. The way Williams makes use of Stanley's background is what generates the conflict in the…

There have been hundreds of outlaws that terrorized the public for years. Even though all of them committed crime regularly they were all different. Some of them ran around with gangs, others went alone. Others robbed banks and most of them killed people. Outlaws have always been a problem and always will be. Some of the most well-known outlaws were Jesse James and Clyde Barrow. These outlaws murdered and killed many people. These two outlaws lived in different time periods one being during…

Marissa Robles ENGL 3000 February 2, 2017 Richard II Assignment Evidence Richard’s Mistakes In speaking of the Duke of Gloucester’s death, Mowbray says, “I slew him not; but to my own disgrace / Neglected my sworn duty in that case”. (1.1.136-37). Richard banishes Bolingbroke: Therefore, we banish you our territories: You, cousin Hereford, upon pain of life, Till twice five summers have enrich'd our fields. (1.3.436-38). John of Gaunt speaks about Richard while on his death bed:…

From enactment art to the atmospheric, sound art to visual installations, Nuit Blanche is an event that propagates in admiration in numerous cities each year. The exhibit takes place all night, individuals can amble from one side of the city to the other observing, experiencing and even partaking in art expositions which range from secret tunnel vibrational drones, a contraption of metal tubes/containers that generate various reverberations when hit – creating a symphony done by the public, a…

In act four, scene one of Shakespeare’s Richard II, Richard’s lengthy monologues as Henry Bolingbroke attempts to get him to revoke the thrown serve as a metaphor for the entire play. Lines 194 to 214, specifically, after Bolingbroke asks King Richard if he is “contented to resign the crown?” capture the complicated the relationship between the two men and the crown (4.1.193). Richard’s willingness to step down from the thrown is debatable through his reaction to Bolingbroke’s question.…