Stella

Dear Blanche, It’s been so long! How have you been? I’ve been thinking a lot about you. Sorry I haven’t written to you earlier, but Stanley wouldn’t let me. Things here at the Elysian Fields haven’t been so good. The baby has been more work than I thought it would be and Stanley has been no help. But Stanley Jr. is what I live for. All my dreams are evil dreams except for the dreams I have about my baby. I dream about him becoming a handsome young man, almost too fine to be human, and finding a…

In Tennessee William’s play “A Streetcar Named Desire” the character Blanche DuBois’s mental state deteriorates as the story progresses. During the play, several events in Blanche’s past are revealed. These events allow one to understand why Blanche acts the way she does, and why certain events affect her the way that they do. We should feel sorry for her because after analyzing her past and physiological problems she is the victim. Blanche grew up in a middle-class family but she lives her…

In the 1990s and into the new millennium, we have witnessed (and continue to witness) a number of phenomenon: transitions to democracy; truth commissions; persistent socioeconomic inequality; continued battles over memory and justice; struggles for gender equality, sexual rights, equal access to education; as well as the return to power of leftist governments and political actors who just two decades earlier were brutally persecuted. These phenomena coexist with the entrenchment of neoliberalism…

Monica Bonvicini, born in 1965 in Venice, a sculptor, video and installation artist, is arguably one of the leading Italian artists today. Bonvicini, educated at the University of Arts in Berlin (1986-93) and the California Institute of Arts in Valencia (1991-2), became seriously recognized by the international art scene in the late-90s. In her vast artistic repertoire, Bonvicini work through a wide range of media and thematics, primarily maintaining the critical, post-conceptual attitude. In…

Homosexuality has long been a controversial topic of England 's history, stretching from England’s origins all the way to modern day. It was condemned in the Bible , and sodomy (the act of homosexual sex, or other sexual acts not for procreation) was made illegal in the 15th century , punishable by death until the mid-1800s. Yet, there are records of homosexuals throughout England 's history. Kings , actors , members of the upper echelons of society, all were seen in homosexual relations,…

It is important to understand that everybody has a different metabolism and different adaption capabilities. Once your body acclimatizes to a certain food style even a slight change in that food pattern may disrupt your digestive system, rendering you sick. It is for this reason that there should be no stone left unturned when it comes to hygiene to stay on the ‘safe side’ The Importance of hygiene in food production is not only an important but quintessential element of the basic working of any…

Critical Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window In films we watch today there is often many different morals or meanings portrayed within the story, sometimes we are unware of these themes when we first watch a film and do not understand it until we have actually thought about the purpose of the film. In Alfred Hitchcock's movie Rear Window, we see many meanings and morals to his story throughout the viewing. For example, the movie prompts us to look at ideas of mortality, compassion,…

In The Handmaid’s Tale, the women of the Republic of Gilead has to adhere to strict rules presented by the society. The women were represented as instruments to reproduce offsprings in order to increase the population of Gilead, rather than actual humans with feelings and emotions. This quote that I selected was occurred after the speech given by the Commander at the Prayvaganza about how the Gilead society provides women with safety and comfort and allow them to “fulfill their biological…

Loud;Boisterous;Rowdy. But also fun; close;and happy. This is an accurate description of my family, my large and ebullient family that consists of my mother and father, and my four siblings:Nina, Michael, Stella, and Sara. Growing up in such a large family you learn very quickly the concept of conflict management. Conflict management is the process of limiting the pejorative aspects of conflicts. In a family where you have so many eccentric and strongly individual personalities confined to…

Adeline Virginia was an English writer foremost modernists in the twentieth century. She was born in January 25, 1882 to March 28, 1941. Woolf was significant figure in London society and central in the influential Bloomsbury Group intellectuals. Best-selling novels like Mrs. Dalloway 1925, The Lighthouse 1927, and Orlando 1928, the book-length A Room of One’s Own 1929, its dictum. Woolf severe bouts of mental illness her life committed suicide in 1941 at age of 59. Adeline Virginia Stephen…