The Stanley Hotel

Despite their polar opposite upbringings, Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire share similar qualities that cause them to frequently bump heads with each other. They dislike the same qualities in the other that they have in themselves. For both characters, their passions and desires dictate their actions throughout the play. Both Blanche and Stanley express their feelings passionately, causing a blurred line of reality. These qualities and…

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 is not well and she had not made the best of choices in her past. This story focuses on the characters Stella and Blanche, sisters who grew up on the Belle Reve estate in Mississippi, Stanley, Stella’s violent and unrefined husband, and several of…

Stanley didn’t like Blanche because she thought she was better than everybody else. When all in reality she was worst than everyone else. Stanley didn’t like her attitude, but he was sexually attracted to her as well. Blanche is lost in a modern industrial society because in it she does not have a special position simply by…

she lies to everyone and herself by telling Mitch she is a school teacher at Laurel High School even though she has lost her job. Lying allows Blanche to give the illusion of a normal and chaste past. However, her past mistakes come to light and Stanley exposes her as a liar, ruining her relationship with Mitch and leading to her destruction and descent into madness. Blanche lies to herself to avoid descending into depression and facing the consequences of her actions. She believes that…

significantly contrasts the extent to which Stella and Stanley view reality, all three share an underlying similarity of attempting to avoid it. Williams uses the recurring theme of illusion versus reality in order to further portray the imperfection of his play’s characters. Blanche’s world is an illusion when she repeatedly attempts to escape the harsh circumstances around her, her past, and the lack of true confidence in herself. When Blanche moves into Stanley and Stella’s apartment, she…

what is a conversation without The Shining? 1980’s The Shining directed by legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick is a chilling movie with themes of isolation, the supernatural, and contorted time. Kubrick’s use of unique and complex visual styles along with many subtle details often confuses the viewer at a subconscious level. With Jack Torrance being influenced by an evil, spiritual presence in the hotel and his son witnessing the supernatural, The Shining is a terrifying movie with an ominous…

explored the dark side of the human psyche and the violent nature of human beings. Alex is conditionally altered by science and technology to cure his sociopathic behavior. Jack Torrance slowly loses his mind when he is stuck with his family inside a hotel in the winter months and Private Joker is systematically conditioned to become a killer within the military hierarchy. Clearly in each of his films, Kubrick was stating that violence does not solve violence. After a close analysis of his…

The Shining based on a Stephen King’s novel with the same title and directed by Stanley Kubrick introduces a family who heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific apprehensions from the past and of the future. The "Danny's tricycle" scene is one of the most famous scenes in modern cinema history. Director Stanley Kubrick uses different film techniques to convey the horror and terror from…

The Shining Essay Question #1 The Shining by acclaimed director Stanley Kubrick was initially released in 1980 to lukewarm reception at best. The public and critics were clearly disappointed that their expectations were not fulfilled, and even the author of the source material, Stephen King, admitted to hating the film for not adhering to his original ideas closely enough. King did not anticipate that Kubrick would throw out so much of the book’s material and replace it with his own ideas, and…

“You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said im not gonna hurt ya.im gonna bash your brains in” Jack said. The film “The Shining”, directed by stanley kubrick, was released in 1980. This movie is about a family who caretaker the Overlook Hotel for the off season. From isolation and ghost Jack goes insane and tries to kill Danny and Wendy. Danny is possessed by Tony and sees blood everywhere in the hotel.Wendy tries to defend herself because Jack is tries to kill Danny and herself. “ The…