Double Fantasy

1. Introduce your play using a brief review of facts (as found in Script Analysis, pages 7-8) to explain what is happening, who is it happening to, when it is happening, where it is happening, why it is happening and how it is happening. In A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche visits her sister, Stella, and her husband, Stanley, out in New Orleans to escape from her life in Mississippi. During her stay we find that Stella and Stanley do not have a very healthy relationship. We also find that Blanche…

The effect of stepping back in time is also demonstrated through the differences between the novel’s two romantic love interests. Rose is introduced by her full title of “Miss Rose Bradwardine” (Scott 41) whereas Flora is “The Chieftain’s Sister” equating her to the old highland traditions. Time is malleable and something Waverley moves backwards and forwards through; this equates with the narrator of the novel and Scott himself, describing class issues and political rebellions and fights for…

Throughout the novel Daisy has been indulging in Gatsby’s fantasies about reliving the past, but she truly is only doing it to prove that she is not helpless. Over the course of the summer Daisy has been going to Gatsby’s in secret and playing with Gatsby’s emotions. On the last day of summer, the whole gang teamed…

You hear the sound of branches snap underneath your feet as you run through the woods on a windy September night. Attempting to look backwards in search of the nearing threat you stumble over a fallen tree and lay in the damp leaves. You see a large dark figure nearing you through the trees and attempt hide yourself in the leaves. The cellphone in your jean pocket rings and you can make out the figure as a man dressed in a clown costume. Being pinned to the ground, you feel the blade of his…

1. Because I lack a formal education, my job options are restricted. I spent the better part of my married life as a stay at home mom while working part time jobs mainly for the social aspect. I spent years donating my talents and my efforts to my children’s school PTO by raising thousands of dollars and overseeing the execution of various projects and events for the school. (As president I raised $18,000.00 in one fund raiser totaling over $25,000.00 in one school year with all fundraisers…

The moment somebody walks outside, people suddenly start to judge. People make assumptions based on how people dress and look. “Everything That Rises Must Converge” and “Goodbye, My Brother” take place in a world where if men don’t wear a tie they look like a “thug,” a briefcase symbolizes respect, and they long for a return to their past glories. Each main character has a distinguishing feature or item of clothing- the garish hat, wedding dress, protruding teeth, or the holiday home. While…

Christopher Paolini as his difficult text and The Whale Scientists, solving the Mystery of Whale Strandings by Fran Hodgkins as his easy text. Text Complexity Table for Eragon from teachers.net, n.d., Retrieved June 19, 2016. Eragon is a young adult fantasy fiction text that is the beginning novel of a trilogy by Christopher Paolini. The story takes place in a land created by the author that is further supported by specific created languages, elves, dwarves and other mystical characters. The…

Purugganan, Jeff André C. BSE32 Professor Jesser Eullo Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is a fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology that can be dissected using Joseph Campbell’s Hero Myth. The Hero’s Journey in the story is the following: I. Separation/Departure A. Call to Adventure Percy Jackson’s mundane existence is a troublesome kid with a peculiar case of dyslexia and ADHD. He gets himself kicked out of every school he has ever been to.…

He had troubled behavior that followed a childhood surgery from when he was four years old. He had a double hernia that is said to have changed him. By the age of fourteen, he suffered from thoughts of necrophilia and murder; the thoughts were blamed on a breakdown he experienced due to his parents’ divorce. All of his victims he would get intoxicated to…

imitates life, rather than innovating and creating with her own imagination. She can only depict what she knows concretely. Sedgwick offers a critique of realism in this, suggesting that time would more fruitfully be dedicated on more engaging works of fantasy, similar to Brown’s critique of Clara as an author. Alice changes due to being depicted unwillingly. She, “grew afraid to speak or to act, and… she became as silent and stiff as a statue.” (Sedgwick 176) Alice’s private life being made…