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The aim was to understand the extent of compliance towards obedience, particularly relating the notion of inflicting harm on another being under the instructions of an authority figure. An ecological application of the Nazis behaviour during WWII. Stanley Milgram an American social psychologist devised an experiment which operationalized obedience. The original intention to test the German population and correlate the results to the holocaust was abandoned due to fundamental ethical issues.…

The film Dr. Strange Love or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, was hilarious. It really gave insight on our values as Americans and played fun at the American mentality during the Cold War that we can apply to America today. The overlying commentary on America is that we are proud nationalists that have no regard for others, so long as we can get ahead. Throughout the movie, multiple characters showed that they had irrational paranoia towards communists--specifically Russians.…

Steven Spielberg is an American film Director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in 1946 in the United States. He is well known as a public figure, considered a pioneer of Hollywood, and a popular director in the film industry. He directed Hollywood blockbuster films such as Jurassic Park (1993) and Jaws (1975). Spielberg also directed science fiction films such as, A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) and War of the Worlds (2005), (IMDB, 2016). In this analysis, I am going to argue that…

This play by Tennessee Williams portrays a woman who is very distraught about her past years and copes with it by her sexuality. She puts her imagination ahead of her real life, eventually finding it very hard to disguise what is real. Blanche, Stella's older sister, A high school English teacher from Laurel, Mississippi arrived in New Orleans a city of despair with an ultimately crumbling figure. Blanche once was married to and passionately in love with a tortured young man. Once Blanche…

the play A Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, Stella is stuck in a confusing situation where she has trouble picking a side. On one side it’s her husband, Stanley who she can’t live without and on the other side it’s her sister, Blanche who blames her for losing their family home, Belle Reve. In this play Stella picks Stanley over Blanche due to the fact that she craves his love and needs his support to raise their newborn baby. There were many moments where it is portrayed that…

In Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire animal imagery is displayed throughout the play within many characters. As many different factors and symbols Animal imagery pertaining to Stanley can be seen in the play when Blanche describes Stanley expressing “He acts like an animal, has an animal’s habits! Eats like one, moves like one, talks like one! There’s something – sub-human – something not quite the stage of humanity yet! Yes, something – ape-like about him, like one of those…

as the abused girlfriend and the promiscuous drunk. I believe the way they interact with others and each other demonstrate that. Stella grew up in Belle Reve with Blanche, but seemed to ween off her luxurious living once she grows up and marries Stanley. This proves that Stella is a strong independent women, who takes matters into her own hands instead…

her fair share of difficulty, her underlying mental illness greatly impacted her everyday choices. Her once perfect world is now in shambles and she will do anything to rebuild the life she used to have. Blanche’s fantasy world is shattered when Stanley, her realist brother-in-law sees through her lies. Ms. DuBois’ unwillingness to accept the truth and vanity throws her into a downward spiral and draws her even further away from reality. Ms. DuBois was visiting her sister Stella, and her…

with a man just because he likes her. Throughout the entire show Blanche takes hot baths to calm her nerves, and while she is in the bath she sings. This explains how Blanche copes with her personal abnormalities. Stella con not comprehend that Stanley would even consider touching anyone but her, so when Blanche tells her what has happened Stella cannot understand that. With Blanche’s continual lying Stella has no reason to believe…

Throughout the play A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams develops Stanley Kowalski as what some would call a brute. He uses many different methods of characterization including indirectly through his actions, and his treatment of other characters, and directly from his description of him and other characters descriptions of him. Stanley is mainly characterized as a very hot-headed and animalistic person. There are many times in which this is shown through his actions. This is clearly…