Stanley Cup

From the moment we are born we enter a society where it is the norm to conform and obey. From a very young age we learn that if we do not obey then we will suffer the consequences for these actions. People within society have a desire to be accepted and to belong; whether to a group or a family this social influence can change our thoughts, feeling and even our behaviour. So can we truly be an individual or are we pre-defined by a set of social boundaries? ‘Conformity is the jailer of freedom…

of their relationship occurs when she says “I couldn’t go on believing her story and live with Stanley” (Stella, 1232). This demonstrates that if Stella believes her sister it would destroy her seamless illusion of her and Stanley’s ideal relationship. Stellas sees nothing wrong with there relationship, but in reality its just her sexual desire for Stanley that’s keeping her from seeing the truth, Stanley isn’t this amazing person. He’s a drunk that beats on his pregnant wife and rapes her…

Streetcar Named Desire and The House of Bernarda Alba, gender roles are discussed often. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche, Stella, and Stanley display the exaggeration of gender roles in order to criticize them. Blanche’s character is so over the top that her display of gender roles makes the audience question the necessity of the gender roles in place. Stella and Stanley are near perfect models of gender norms and the extreme nature of their problems displays clear reasons for why the…

Further, she then implies that Stella is as much responsible for the loss as she, when she asks her accusingly "where were you?" When in reality Belle Reve was Blanche's responsibility. Yet Stella falls for her act, as we can see when she tells Stanley not to question her on the subject as "she's been through such an ordeal." Here we see Blanche demonstrate a mastery of manipulation, able to make others take responsibility even for the greatest of her…

According to Stanley Milgram there are various situational variables that can clarify such elevated amounts of a person being obedient. Ordinary people following the rules and what is asked of them in particular position they are in. For instance, in employment, even if they don’t believe in what is asked of them. Many people have found themselves doing things that are destructive and incompatible with fundamental standards of morality. Few people are weak in resisting authority and afraid to…

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…

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…

ignored domestic violence. Stanley Kowalski, one of the character in the play even found violence as a positive way in his relationship with Stella. Furthermore, it displays how dominant men is over women. The play effective shows domestic violence since most of the violence is at home and between spouses showing that husbands are more powerful than their wife if they intend to be. Firstly, between the relationship of Stanley and Stella the play shows how dominant Stanley is to Stella. “He…

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…

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…