The most obvious symbol used in A Streetcar Named Desire is its title and the actual reference, in the play, to the streetcars named Desire and Cemeteries. They not only are the means by which Blanche was brought to the home of Stanley and Stella; as the play unfolds, we realize the names of the streetcars have a greater significance. [Blanche says, " They told me to take a street-car named Desire, and then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields"] (s.1, 6). Williams seems to be alluding to a belief that desire leads to death, even though it is not ...

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A Streetcar Named Desire - Complexity of the Characters It is the complexity of the main characters and their interactions that make A Streetcar Named Desire such a successful and challenging play. The play A Streetcar Named Desire made playwright Tennessee William's name and has deservedly since had over half a century of success. ... As the name suggests Stella and Blanche's time at "Belle Reve" was near perfect. ... A Streetcar Named Desire would hardly have a story if the characters weren't so complex and didn't interact with each other in the way in which they do....

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The film we watched was A Streetcar Named Desire. It was directed by Elia Kazan and made in 1951. A few of the major actors were Marlon Brando, Vivian Leigh, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden. Blanche Dubois arrives at her sister Stella's apartment. Stella and her husband, Stanley are surprised by Blan...

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Title Street Car Named Desire Author Tennessee Williams SETTING A Streetcar Named Desire is set in the home of the Kowalskis located in a poor, but charming neighborhood of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...

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In Sandra Cisneros' novella, "The House on Mango Street," a thirteen year old girl named Esperanza takes the audience through a series of events as if they are living Esperanza's life with her. ... The author names almost all men and all the women. Cisneros names the women in the story because they have no other personal identity other than their names. The men and their names are not as relevant as the names of the women in the story because the men on Mango Street all have the same traits, abusive and controlling. ... "A car to stop, a star to fall, someone to change her life&...

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In Tennessee William's play "A Streetcar Named Desire", the more Blanch Dubois tries to fit in with the new aged America, the more she is setting herself up as a victim to society. ... Blanche imagines a southern millionaire named Shep Huntleigh will be the answer to her future happiness, but this was unlikely to happen. ...

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The desire for positive popularity can be defined as the thirst for public acceptance through "good" actions as opposed to "bad" actions. This type of desire is less common and seeks the approval of authority rather then other teens. ... The action packed movie, The Fast and the Furious, for example is about street racers who race their cars on city streets at extreme speeds for enjoyment. The movie had influenced kids to be just like them and to race their cars on cities streets that they see in the movies. ... The movie goes into great detail on how to plan a car theft and not get caught by ...

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Walking down a street, one can still watch cars pass by with peace signs and equal rights slogans or hear blasting disco music from the 70's. However, although the people in these cars enjoy the culture of the past, they know that it is behind them and can never fully be revived. ... Unfortunately, Gatsby, in the book that bears his name, believed that despite all of the time that had passed and things that had occurred during his five years absence from Daisy, all could be revived. ... He found her living in East Egg, married to a man named Tom Buchanan. ... He would make extravagant...

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Individuality and freedom, or Objectivism, as Ayn Rand has named her philosophy on the importance of freedom and individuality, are desires virtually all see as rights because, in fact, they are the very basis of human nature. ... To teens, freedom is being able to obtain a license, drive a car, and have fun just because it is meant for them to do. ... Anthem is set in the distant future when there are no connections to the past, such as electricity, cars, and individuality. The "Council of Vocations" chooses jobs for everyone, deliberately placing talented individuals as "Street Sweepers"...

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This includes watching out for Jane so that Stradlater would not "give her the time in Ed Banky's goddam car" (Salinger 43), to yelling at Phoebe so that she did not come "out west" (Salinger 200) with him and grow up prematurely. ... Unexpectedly, on a congested New York Street, Salinger embodied Holden's yet to be fully developed thoughts on his desire to protect youths from the corruption of the adult world. ... (Salinger 173) At this point, his lack of attachment to anything other than family and innocence increases his desire to protect them. ... When introdu...

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In Tennessee Williams play, "A Streetcar Named Rosie," a major theme is reality vs. ... Junior English Midterm "Literature Essay "A Street Car Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams Q: Discuss the theme of reality vs. illusion as it applies to this play. In Tennessee Williams play, "A Streetcar Named Rosie," a major theme is reality vs. illusion. ...

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Since Baldwin grew up in the slick city streets of Harlem, the story portrays a similar aspect by presenting two devoted brothers who share pain and suffering of their past in Harlem, and an undefined understanding of each other, which allows them to travel through the pain of the past and into the promise of the future. The memories began when the narrator of the story, the brother whose name is never mentioned, reads about his brother getting caught in a drug raid for using heroin. ... T"he story of their uncle getting hit by a car and perceiving their father in death was an atrocious thi...

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When the tumor is removed it is was as-Big as a coconut- (21) and contained red hair, "There were little bones in it too, or fragments of bones; bird bones, the bones of a sparrow crushed by a car. ... Kat names the tumor "hairball- and places it on her mantelpiece for all to see. ... Finally when she found herself in England, she became Kat " was economical, street feline, and pointed as a nail."" The short hard name was a reflection of her hard demeanor. ... For example a quote that describes this need for Kat's desire for motherhood is, "She wants to be in the silver frame. ...

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When the tumor is removed it is was as-Big as a coconut- (21) and contained red hair, "There were little bones in it too, or fragments of bones; bird bones, the bones of a sparrow crushed by a car. ... Kat names the tumor "hairball- and places it on her mantelpiece for all to see. ... Finally when she found herself in England, she became Kat " was economical, street feline, and pointed as a nail."" The short hard name was a reflection of her hard demeanor. ... For example a quote that describes this need for Kat's desire for motherhood is, "She wants to be in the silver frame. ...

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We owned fancy cars, a fancy house, fancy everything. ... Of this number, 250,000 were teenagers who rode the rails and grew up fast in speeding boxcars, living in hobo jungles, begging on the streets and running from the police and club-wielding railroad guards. ... San Jule had no idea what it was like to being poor until the depression because before that his life was filled with wealth, fancy cars, a beautiful house, and expensive items. ... Homervilles were shanty houses built by homeless people, named after Herbert Hoover because he was blamed for Americans having to live there. ......

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In the following paragraphs it will be proven that all the events in this book were highly influenced by Asad Khalil's desire for revenge, the undisguised racism and the witty and sarcastic humour of John Corey. ... Then he caught a cab to his rental car and then killed the cabby. ... John Corey: "Well, the Muslims don't drink, I can't spell their f-ing names on my reports, and the women can't be seduced... In Asad's country, women are treated more like objects, so he has a tough time coming to grips with the fact that women in America drive cars and have jobs. ...

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