Elysian Fields

Matthew, and Colossians. One can distinguish this by using evidence of three places spirits go once dead. The first of which can closely be compared to heaven is the Elysian Fields. The Elysian fields is a place of paradise in the Roman Religion. Most often, Roman warriors who died valiantly in battle found themselves in the Elysian fields. Second, if you were a warm-hearted person and a law-abiding citizen, you found yourself at the Plain of Asphodel. The “second tier” is what distinguishes…

In ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, the play highlights the harshness and unfairness of society in regards to homosexuality and the treatment of woman. Especially those women who are vulnerable and have weaknesses like Blanche, she is presented as a moth-like image who is delicate and fragile because of her appearance Dubois is shown as a victim. Thus, Stanley uses her vulnerabilities to satisfy his own desires by fulfilling the American Dream and conforming to the ideal norm of the patriarchal…

Eugene. The journey that Blanche described when she is in the streetcar. It is clear that Williams used goes into a deeper meaning that with research I was able to interpret. Going back to research the name of Stanley Kowalski’s street name, “Elysian Fields” actually means in Greek “the land of the dead”. This is later used as an explanation on the death of her social life when her sexual desires for Stanley leads to the expulsion of her hometown in Mississippi. Entry #1:…

It is in biology that nature may be discovered; in economics that the market may be comprehended; in psychology that the individual’s mind and behavior may be observed; but only in history may an inquisitive scholar understand all industries and their champions. History often appears as the recording of biased facts and blurred events referenced to as a contrast to the present. Regrettably, in no other way, may a man spend his life turning the beautiful drama of the struggle of civilization into…

When Kronus was overthrown by his children, the Earth was divided to each of his three sons. Zeus got the land, Poseidon got the sea, and Hades got the luck of the draw with the Underworld. Hades rules the underworld with his queen, Persephone, whom he abducted through deception and by feeding her the forbidden fruit of pomegranate. Which forced her to remain with him for at least one third of the year. The house of Hades is guarded by Cerberus, a three-headed dog, that guards the gates of the…

The 2010 Writers’ Theatre revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, presented in the Chicago suburb of Glencoe, arrived on the scene in the immediate afterglow of the critically acclaimed and soldout limited US run of the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of the play starring Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois. The Sydney production, directed by Liv Ullmann, was universally praised, and critics particularly singled out Blanchett’s performance as revelatory and nearly definitive. With Ullmann’s…

I believe that some people need more affection than others due to the hardships they have endured. As an individual, you get to decide who you are internally and with help from your life experiences that make everything become more clear. Your hardships shape who you are through things such as the loss of family and friends, betrayal, disappointment or in some cases it could be financial issues. In the modern drama, A Streetcar Named Desire, Author Tennessee Williams demonstrates the emotional…

A Streetcar named Desire by Tennessee Williams explores the ironic struggles of a perfidious woman as she battles to save her sister from a toxic, misogynistic-riddled marriage. Towards the beginning of a humid summer, Blanche makes a trip to Elysian Fields to visit her sister, Stella, but the trips takes a turn for the worse after she discovers the animalistic beast that Stella has come to accept into her life. As Blanche comes to learn the man, she uncovers his demonic premise; vindication for…

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…

On days off, I am busy traveling to other worlds. My morning starts with the the lapping waves of Homer’s wine-dark sea. At lunch, I picnic in the shady groves of Virgil’s Elysian fields, and in the afternoon, I watch the sun set in Orwell’s eerie dystopia. My desire to explore isn’t limited to literary universes, however. It runs deep into my academic pursuits, from humanities to science. I am drawn to Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences because it offers me the perfect environment to…