Education is the process of receiving knowledge, which is gained through various ways, but the most popular way is through school. Usually in society school dedicates how much education is received and individuals are ranked within a society based on an understanding of the taught material. As McCandless said “You don't need to worry about me. I have a college education” (Krakauer 52). I would agree with that there is a difference between education and school because there are many other ways education can be gained other than going to an institution. However, school institutions provide the most basic and constant access to education to many. Education is earned through traveling the world and learning about other cultures or other forms of …show more content…
It is significantly connected to Blanche’s personal image compared to the other characters. Light captures the theme of truth and reality through the book. Blanche hates being in the light because she is afraid it’s going to show her true age and she’s ashamed of her past. She uses the paper lantern to cover the bulb in her room. She never lets Mitch see her in the light in the beginning of the book by only agreeing to go out at night and only to poorly lit areas. Mitch expresses to her “I don’t think I ever seen you in the light… you never want to go out till after six and then it’s always some place that’s not lighted much” (Williams 143). Light also symbolizes love, both Stanley and Stella’s and Blanche’s also. Blanche uses light to describe important events in her life especially when she found out the truth about her spouse and then when she lost him to suicide. His death was the turning point of Blanche’s problem with light. She says to Mitch “And then the searchlight which had been turned on the world was turned off” (Williams 115). Bright lights represent the reality and full desires of the characters while dim ones represent fantasies and attempts to stay in the past. Stanley is also connected to the symbol which represents his reality and wishes. It shows when he mentions to Stella “I pulled you down off them columns and how you loved it, having them colored lights going!” (Williams 136). Stanley wants their love life can be reignited and his usage of light signifies his honest attitude. He lacks the fantastical attitude of Blanche but rather lives in reality. Stanley can also be symbolized by the naked bulb in their apartment. With the arrival Blanche, she tried to diminish his effect on Stella by metaphorically covering the bulb with a Chinese lantern. However, as the book went on and Blanche
This can be symbolized by light. Blanche hates to be seen by Mitch, her significant other, in the light because it exposes her true identity. Instead, she only plans to meet him at night or in dark places. Also, she covers the lone light in Stella and Stanley’s apartment with a Chinese paper lantern. After Blanche and Mitch get into a fight, Mitch rips off the lantern to see what Blanche really looks like. Blanche angrily replies that she’s sorry for wanting magic. In the play, Blanche states “I don’t want realism, I want magic! [..] Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don’t tell the truth, I tell what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful, then let me be damned for it!”(Williams 117). Blanche wants to escape reality, but this only leads to her self-destruction. It is the men in her life and past experiences that is the main cause of her self - destruction. One of these being the death of her young love, Allen Grey. During their marriage, Blanche, attached to the hip to this man, walked in on him with another man. She then brought the incident up at a bad time; soon after, Allen took his own life, which I believe was the first step to this so called “self-destruction. Blanche could never forgive herself of this. This is the truth of her past, therefore,
The loss of her beloved husband kept Blanche’s mental state in the past, back when she was 16, when she only cared about her appearance. That is why at the age of 30 she avoids bright lights that reveal her wrinkles. Blanche does not want to remember the troubles of her past and therefore she attempts to remain at a time when life was simpler. This is reinforced by the light metaphor which illustrates how her life has darkened since Allan’s suicide and how the light of love will never shine as brightly for Blanche ever again. Although, throughout the play Blanche sparks an interest in Mitch, a friend of Stanley’s, who reveals in Scene three that he also lost a lover once, although his lover was taken by an illness, not suicide, and therefore he still searches for the possibility of love, when Blanche aims to find stability and security.
This 1950's theatrical presentation was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Tennessee Williams. It is about a southern bell by the name of Blanche Dubois who loses her father's plantation to a mortgage and travels to live in her sister's home in New Orleans by means of a streetcar called Desire. There she finds her sister living in a mess with a drunken bully husband, and the events that follow cause Blanche to step over the line of insanity and fall victim to life's harsh lessons.
“I can 't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.” - Blanche (p. 60). The fear that bright light has the power to reveal the truth is a reoccurring theme throughout the play, embodying the threat that follows Blanche everywhere she goes. In scene nine, Mitch comments on this, saying that he has never seen Blanche in daytime. She makes a series of excuses after which Mitch points a light at her. When this happens, Blanche confesses she only says what ‘ought’ to be true. This doesn’t make Mitch any more sympathetic towards her and she carries on, saying “I don’t want realism, I want magic!” whilst still standing in the light. This makes it clear that it is her own choice to stay in the darkness, and reality would only cause her to suffer. Confirming this, when Mitch turns the light off again, she bursts out crying, as if allowed to pretend again, not being forced by the light to keep on showing her true self, especially her age. She might feel that the light on her face brings out the whole truth, which is too painful for her to bear. The other characters in the play feel it is not correct for her to hide the past and nobody questions whether it is acceptable to live in deceit. “And then the searchlight which had been turned on the world was turned off again and never for one moment since has there been any light that 's stronger than this--kitchen--candle.”-
In this play the character blanche exhibits the theme of illusion. Blanche came from a rocky past. Her young husband killed himself and left her with a big space in her heart to fill. Blanche tried to fill this space with the comfort of strangers and at one time a young boy. She was forced to leave her hometown. When she arrives in New Orleans, she immediately begins to lie and give false stories. She takes many hot bathes, in an effort to cleanse herself of her past. Blanche tries also to stay out of bright lights. She covers the light bulb (light=reality) in the apartment with a paper lantern. This shows her unwillingness to face reality but instead live in an illusion. She also describes how she tells what should be the truth. This is a sad excuse for covering/lying about the sinful things she has done. Furthermore, throughout the story she repeatedly drinks when she begins to be faced with facts. All these examples, covering light, lying, and alcoholism show how she is not in touch with reality but instead living in a fantasy world of illusion.
She created illusions to make herself seem more appealing and less vulnerable. As an example, Blanche used darkness as a way to shield her old appearance. During scene five, Blanche explains to Stella why she hid her appearance, “ When people are soft … they’ve got to put on soft colors … put a paper lantern over the light … you’ve got to be soft and attractive … I don’t know how much longer I can turn the trick”(Williams 79). Blanche uses a paper lantern as a representation of her image. She runs away from light by hiding in the dark to cover up her aged appearance, just like how a paper lantern softens the light and removes any imperfections when it is placed over a bulb. Therefore, it represents the illusions she created to make her seem younger than she appears. In addition, Blanche has also lied to Stanley to make it appear like she has protection. In scene ten, when Stanley and Blanche are home alone, Blanche lies to Stanley about Shep Huntleigh, “Then - just now - this wire - inviting me on a cruise of the caribbean … this man is from Dallas where gold spouts out of the ground”(Williams 124). Blanche makes up this fib about someone rich and successful coming to save her. She creates this illusion for protection so she can prevent Stanley from destroying and ruining her. Overall, both characters have covered up their sins and failures by creating a fake image that is accepted by
What does education mean to me? Education to me is where you go to school, and get your education. To better your life,so that you can become somebody. Somebody that you are proud to be and want to be.education to be is wanting to finish high school and go to college.
Education is the act or process of acquiring knowledge to prepare oneself intellectually for mature life. It is the standard foundation for most youth growing up. A good solid education background is what can take you to different heights as they become young adults. “The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives” quoted by Robert Maynard Hutchins. The statement is true to the form of getting an education prepares you for a prosperous life ahead. Knowledge is power and knowledge is needed to have stability within your life. In “Bodega Dreams” by Ernesto Quinonez education is the basis of entire society. But does it
“I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action”. The naked light bulb is the bare truth of Blanche's life which she is able to cover up to make her life easier. The paper lantern is able to hide the dark past from Blanches present. Mitch is able to uncover the history of Blanche resulting in her greatest fear. Blanche explains to Mitch that she lies because she refuses to accept the reality of her current situation. The luxurious life Blanche used to live was drastically altered. The adversity she faced in her early life results in Blanche turning to an imaginary world. “I don't want realism. I want magic!” Blanche uses perfume to mask her problems and create an illusion that she is still a perfect, innocent woman. She has faced so much adversity, and her life has been flipped upside-down. Blanche covered up her problems because she was too afraid to face her harsh reality. Covering herself with perfume was a tool to help her and others forget the real problems.
Blanche’s lampshade is the filter for all the harsh realities of life that she would rather not deal with. In a scene with Stanley’s friend Mitch, Blanche tells Mitch to cover up a light bulb with a Chinese lampshade, “I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action” (1837). In this scene Blanche blatantly tells the other characters and the a...
After Mitch forcefully removes the paper lantern from the light bulb, Blanche “utters a frightened gasp” (1.9.14). Within the scene, the paper lantern serves yet another symbolic function. The night when Blanche meets Mitch, she asks him to place the lantern onto the light bulb. Just as the lantern protects Blanche from the light which reveals her age, it creates a façade which conceals her past. With Mitch’s love Blanche believes that the proper persona which she invented for herself could become her identity, thus magic becomes reality. However, as Mitch undresses the light bulb, he exposes Blanche vulnerabilities. Even though Mitch possesses masculinity, he does so to a lesser extent than Stanley. This passage is mildly reminiscent of Stanley and Stella’s wedding night when Stanley smashes the light bulbs in the apartment. Even though Stanley’s actions are more extreme than Mitch’s both carry a sexual connotation and reveal animalistic tendencies. Furthermore, as Mitch stares intently at Blanche in the light, “she cries out and covers her face” (1.9.25). By turning on the light, Mitch for the first time has gotten a good look at Blanche, but to do so he is violating her sense of self-worth. Although Mitch continues to berate Blanche for lying to him, he is still physically attracted to Blanche. Mitch’s cruelty is accepted by Blanche and later in the scene still asks if Mitch
Stella Dubois is unconcerned about her survival and is more concerned about her life with Stanley. The plot is introduced when Stella’s sister Blanche moves in with Stella and her husband. Blanche is a dynamic character and that causes conflict with other characters, revealing the other character’s true nature, including Stella’s. Blanche consistently comments to Stella about Stanley’s character stating that “he’s common… He’s like an animal…Yes, something- ape-like about him”(Williams, 82-83). Despite Blanche and Stella’s wealthy and privileged upbringing, she’s head over heels in love with Stanley, who even described himself as unrefined. In Scene three, Blanche stirs trouble with Stanley by turning on the radio when he told her to turn it off.
The dictionaries ' definition of learning and education is that learning is through experience, study, or by being taught, but education is through the systematic receiving of instruction. Over time, I have come to see that education sometimes is the same as learning. This, however, is a view I have always taken. I haven 't always viewed them as the same thing. For many years, I would stubbornly fight education, even though I love and have always loved learning, when told to do something I would become stubborn and make assignments ten times harder than it should have been. This struggle in my life greatly influenced not only how I view education and learning but also my assumptions and expectations with them.
What is education? According to Webster’s Dictionary education is defined as, (noun) 1: the action or process of being educating or of being educated, 2: the field of study that deals mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools. What does education provide for us? How important is education in today’s society?
There is no one single definition for what education really is. Experts and scholars from the beginning have viewed and commented about education in different ways. The definition mostly agreed upon was that education is an acquisition or passing of skills, behavior or knowledge from an institution to another. This institution can either be a person, a school, a family or even the society. If we go in the ancient meaning and the ideology of education, it means to lead out of ignorance. In other words, education or knowledge in this sense was light and education brought the person out of the dark. The purpose and ideology of education is therefore to bring out the potential of a person and pass on knowledge