Blanche

necessary to for her to go on in her catastrophic life no matter what. Tennessee Williams tragic character, Stella, faced competing demands from both her sister and husband. The author both clearly and discreetly displays the power struggle between and Blanche and Stanley over Stella. We first see that Stella is stuck between leaving…

In both Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons’ and Tennessee Williams’ ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, there exists an underlying tension created in response to attempted suppressions of past occurrences. The characters of Blanche DuBois and Joe Keller are seen to be tragically haunted by their pasts in their present-day lives. While there is a clear divergence in the context of the two character’s former actions, the permanently surfacing remnants of their respective pasts ultimately results in their…

rimal instincts are one of the main components to human nature and the process of our decision making. Primal instincts are just that, instincts which means regardless of one's personal judgment they can often not be controlled which can cause effects of many different degrees. One's instincts are set in place to help the human race succeed and survive, however they frequently have both positive and negative consequences on the people they affect. In A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee…

change from rural to urban style in terms of industry structure, employment, living environment, and social security” (Bloomberg). A Streetcar Named Desire is a play centered in New Orleans surrounding the struggles between the Kowalski family and Blanche. However, when looked at through the Marxist lense it shows the diverse hierarchy struggles between the old Southern aristocracy to the newer,diverse, and modern society that lives in the city. During the post war era of the late 40’s the push…

Jane represents a contrast between many characters, including Mr. Rochester, St. John, Blanche Ingram, and Bertha Mason. In Mr. Rochester and Bertha’s case, Jane provides a contrast of light versus dark. Blanche Ingram represents wealth, beauty, and the cusp of the ideal female in the 18th century, while Jane is a lowly, unattractive governess at the time. St. John provides a religious and moralistic value unlike Jane, who represents a pragmatic realism. Even though Rochester is not described as…

Like Blanche (7).” Blanche is a fictional character in 1947 award-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire. The character Blanche DuBois - former schoolteacher from a wealthy family - had been evicted from her family home, after the deaths of several family members. Blanche arrived, penniless, in Louisiana to stay with her sister and brother-in-law. She had a series of meaningless affairs…

rushed in like an endless high tide. The Eshtons, Lynns and the Dents had come, as well as the great Ingrams. I do not remember the details of what happened during the whole night. However, one event truly gave me a shock! Among the Ingrams was Blanche, whom Mr. Rochester presented to be the woman he plans to marry! How could he have decided to do this? How can a man so rich ever wish to marry a proud, careless and inferior woman as she? It is clear to me that I had grown to love Mr.…

The Benefits of a Powerful Queen Powerful means having or exerting great power or force. Eleanor lost her parents at a young age. She inherited the enormous territory of the Aquitaine. She married and was crowned Queen of France at the age of fifteen. She remarried and became the Queen of England at age thirty-two. She sat in prison for sixteen years. Eleanor of Aquitaine showed great power and so many people benefitted from that. Benefits of a powerful queen can have a wide variety. One of…

decisions need to be made. There is an array of decisions that you are going to come across whether the purpose is growth, career, or relationships. Robert Frost and Blanche Farley each wrote a poem with two different scenarios that conveyed similar messages. In “The Road Not Taken” By Robert Frost and “The Lover Not Taken,” By Blanche Farley both poems use a similar tone when describing the journey that each of the speakers came across when they approached a fork in the road and had to make the…

In what ways is the reader challenged or alienated by the ideas in the works studied? Refer to the two literary works you have studied. Literary works have often come under criticism from audiences and critics alike as they often challenge commonly held societal beliefs that support the perception of how a ‘proper’ society should function. A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen in 1879 and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams in 1947 are two examples of two such literary works written by…