Blanche

with the client was what he wanted them to do to him. The last courtesan, Blanche proved more…

In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams depicts Blanche DuBois as someone who relies on a phony world of dreaming and imagination in order to find a good distraction from the cruel reality of life, revealing that it is human nature to avoid negativity and conflict in life. Everyone has a shadow, whether people aware it or not, it remains inside the conscious. Robert…

emulates the work of other great poets and tries to appease the wishes of his patron, John of Gaunt and the memory of his departed wife, Lady Blanche the Duchess of Lancaster – whilst seeking recognition for his own literary greatness. The Book of the Duchess was a eulogy written at John of Gaunt’s request in order to commemorate the death of his first wife Lady Blanche presumably at one of the later annual commemoration services he held in her memory. Written at the beginning of his career…

slave for the Levi family in Louisville, Kentucky. Caroline did many duties around the house and also served as a nanny for the Levi family’s only daughter, Blanche. The main focus of Caroline’s journey began when young Blanche consumed strychnine (a poison) and killed her almost instantly. Being that Caroline was the one taking care of Blanche, she got blamed for the child’s death as a murderer. While all of this is true, there is different pieces of evidence that changes every aspect of this…

What does the feeling of love mean and how does it control one’s actions? Multiple playwrights and authors have used this as a basis for their stories or plays. Throughout American literature, the theme of love is the most important because it can be displayed in many different aspects and readers are most often able to relate. Love as a theme is used in many different ways throughout stories or plays and it is quite important. In the article, “Love in Literature,” the author explains that love…

People v. Beardsley In the case of People v. Beardsley, Mr. Beardsley and Blanche Burns engaged in a drunken affair; Mr. Beardsley was married and his wife was away from their home. Beardsley at this time was employed as a bartender and clerk at the Columbia Hotel (General Elements of Crime, 2010). Blanche Burns was also employed at a hotel during this time as well. Over the course of two days, the illicit couple partook in drunk nights and each other. Burns and Beardsley indulged in a steady…

Moreover, in Williams’ plays Amanda, Laura, and Blanche are considered victims of abandonment. For example, Amanda was infatuated with gentlemen callers, and she wanted the same for her daughter Laura. This obsession is a remembrance of Amanda’s past of who she was at one point an time. Amanda wants to ensure that her daughter has a gentlemen caller to take care of her to fulfill the void of companionship. Parents who may not have accomplished their life goals and dreams attempt to live their…

Of course, the gang still had the police on a man hunt. Unfortunately, while on their way toward Wellington, unaware of recent road work, they missed all signs alerting them of the bridge that had been removed ahead for repair and ended up wrecking the car. Bonnie was the only one who was injured, but she burned her leg pretty bad and was in need of medical attention. They received help from a nearby farmer, until he recognized their faces and went next door to alert his neighbors to call the…

marrying Blanche and expresses no deep feeling for her at all. Blanche wants to marry Rochester for his money. Rochester leads Jane to believe that he is about to marry Blanche and that she must leave Thornfield soon and forever. This upsets Jane because it is the only “home” she has lived in where she wasn’t treated harshly and with cruelty. Her only income is from the money she makes as Adele’s governess. If she does have to leave, she will have to start a new life all over once again. Blanche…

The novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte emerged in the mid-nineteenth century when women were defined by strict social and gender expectations. The novel tells the story of Jane, a young orphaned girl, who grows to be a rebellious, independent thinker that follows her heart regardless of what society expects of her. She faces multiple difficulties due to the oppression of her opinions and the Victorian era’s gender ideals, but refuses to conform or be submissive towards the men in her life. The…