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    do it because she loves sexual attention from men. At the end of scene five, she was so desperate for attention she kissed a young man that she did not know. She told him “You make my mouth water (Williams 84),” then, continues to kiss him. When Stanley mentions Shaw from Blanche’s past, she immediately becomes worried. So, her immediate reaction was to receive attention from a man, and she did not care who, which is why she kissed the newspaper boy. If she has to receive attention from men to…

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    Blanche Dubois Allusions

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    A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is a play about a former high school teacher, Blanche Dubois, who moved in with her sister and husband, Stella and Stanley. Blanche Dubois has been through many difficulties in order to fulfill the emptiness that is within her. Her young husband, Allen Gray committed suicide, she lost Belle Reve, and she lost her stature in Laurel. The driving force behind these actions were the empowerment of her desires. Williams uses allusions to develop the…

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    Stanley Milgram's Essay

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    According to this week’s forum post instructions, I was assigned the yes view in regards to our chosen topic. Therefore, I must state that Stanley Milgram’s study of disobedience was unethical for numerous reasons, however, the two reasons that will be discussed include deception, and psychological harm to the human subjects involved. In regards to deception, the participants were misled as to the exact nature of the study for which they had volunteered, Milgram made them believe they were…

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    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 her previous indiscretions, Blanche pretends to be a woman who…

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    In 1961 and 1962, psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of experiments designed to test an ordinary citizen’s capacity to inflict physical harm on another human being. Based on the results, Milgram concluded the core of obedience occurs when a person perceives himself as the means for carrying out the wishes of another, and therefore no longer considers himself responsible for his actions. Were Milgram’s experiments ethical? Were his conclusions valid? At least two authors, Ian Parker…

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    of the main characters Blanche and Stanley persistently antagonize one another; their differences eventually evolve into the rape of Stella Dubois. Stanley is reality in the play; Stanley is shown as a manly, simple character that is charming to Stella and in some instances even to her sister Blanche. Blanche who had been care giver for a plethora of dying relatives at Belle Reve has been forced to sell the family plantation. Blanche is total opposite of Stanley reality wise and lives in…

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    characters and how they react to the different expectations society has forced upon them because of their gender. For example, the male characters are expected to be providers and to have all the power in the household, which is the case for Stanley. Stanley adheres to the stereotypical attributes…

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    Stanley Milgram, a Yale University psychologist, began an experiment in July 1961 that would drastically alter society’s perception of obedience. Milgram formulated a test to comprehend how far people would perform when coerced into obeying an authoritative figure. The experiment involved subjects being tricked into believing they were electrically shocking another individual; physical and emotional harm to the subjects was followed, resulting from the extreme tension they encountered.…

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    ethics of milgram Controversy in Ethics of Obedience Research." Controversy in Ethics of Obedience Research. Web. 12 Nov. 2014. <http://cla.calpoly.edu/~cslem/101/Obey/Ethics.html>." Although the test many seem harmful and stressful, after a year none of the subjects were found to be harmed by their experience. where 83% were glad to be part of the experiment, only 1% were not.”Milgram had believed that many of the subjects would disobey the experimenter at 150 volts (1).“ “When milgram…

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    A Street Car Named Desire Essay In A Street Car Named Desire Tennessee Williams, Blanche’s insanity is highlighted through her role as an outsider in New Orleans through the use of stage directions, Blanche’s past events, Analysis of how shes first intrudced and what puts her into that state Belle reve and her past and her past Outsider in her own relationship with Alan, way in which she’s forced to become an outsider in the community with flirtation with student Blanche, having grown up…

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