Susan is running a mile and she says to herself “I’m just going to give up and walk it.” Yet, she still push herself to run. What drove her to do it? What in general drives people take on a mission and accomplish them? People may have different reasons to be driven to undertake and accomplish a mission; however many share similar characteristics. People are motivated to achieve a goal by wanting wealth, wanting to survive, and wanting to get something they greatly desire. To begin, wealth could drive someone to achieve their goal. During the Klondike Gold Rush period, Pearce went in stampede through the harsh, cold lands of the Klondike region. Many had died, however Pearce was able to push himself forward and not let his body give up. He was driven by how he had a chance of striking it rich and bringing gold back to his town. “At least six men had their feet frozen, and two men died in the hospital from pneumonia.” (Pearce, Paragraph 12) Even though Pearce did not find gold, his strong wanting of being wealthy kept him moving forward and alive.
In addition, the need to survive in a life or death situation navigates people to get through. “I don’t know what made me so supple and strong that day, but I felt no hardship, no
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In Yeats’s “The Song of Wandering Aengus,” Aengus dreams about this girl that he is so greatly intrigued by that he begins a quest to find her in the real world. Even when Aengus is old, he still in determined and optimistic that he will find her. He does not give up on his search and awaits for when he arrives to see his dream girl. “Though I am old with wandering. Through hollow lands and hilly lands. I will find out where she has gone.” (Yeats, Stanzas 17-19) Although Aengus has not yet found his desire, he shows how someone can be so greatly driven by their desire that they will never give
Resiliency is one concept that has never been the human races forte. Many things that happen in our current day and age require a great deal of perseverance and resiliency. People often will give in to the problems in their lives and learn to accept them, instead of persevering through them and working out the issues. The fact of the matter is, if you learn to persevere through problems, your life will be a lot more happy and pleasant to live. In Tennessee Williams’ play, “ A Streetcar Named Desire” suggests that you cannot give up on issues; you must be resilient to those issues and persevere to be happy.
In Tennessee Williams' play, A Streetcar Named Desire, Williams uses the suicide of Blanche's husband to illuminate Blanche's insecurities and immoral behavior. When something terrible happens to someone, it often reveals who he or she truly is. Blanche falls victim to this behavior, and she fails to face her demons. This displays how the play links a character’s illogical choices and their inner struggles.
In this passage, Williams’ emphasises the nature of Blanche’s demise through the contrapuntal mode of the scene juxtaposing Blanche’s bathing with Stanley and Stella’s conversation. Williams wrote in a letter to Elia Kazan, who was to direct the film production of the play, that ‘It is a thing (misunderstanding) not a person (Stanley) that destroys (Blanche) in the ends’. This passage is significant as it shows the extent of Stanley’s misunderstanding of Blanche and his stubbornness to ascertain his condemnations to Stella. Furthermore, the use of colloquial lexis shows the true feebleness of Stanley’s claim because his judicial façade is diminished and shows the dangerous influence of claims as he sways Mitch away from Blanche. Stella’s character
Identity in Contemporary American Drama – Between Reality and Illusion Tennessee Williams was one of the most important playwrights in the American literature. He is famous for works such as “The Glass Menagerie” (1944), “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1947) or “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955)”. As John S. Bak claims: “Streetcar remains the most intriguing and the most frequently analyzed of Williams’ plays.” In the lines that follow I am going to analyze how the identity of Blanche DuBois, the female character of his play, “A Streetcar Named Desire”, is shaped. Firstly, we learn from an interview he gave, that the character of Blanche has been inspired from a member of his family.
When Aengus was in the woods, he caught a silver trout. That trout turned into a glimmering girl, and the god fell in love with the girl at first sight. The girl disappeared, which made Aengus very curious about where she went. No matter the cost, Aengus is determined to find his lost love. For instance, “Though I am old with wandering, Through hollow lands and hilly lands, I will find out where she has gone”(Yeats lines 17,18,19). Aengus wants to find this girl, and he will never stop looking until he has succeeded. He wasn’t in danger at all and his mission was not necessary, but he wanted to use his time to look for the girl. The author stated, “And pluck till time and times are done”(Yeats line 22). Adding on to what was first stated, Aengus will use all of his time, all the way to his death just to find this mysterious girl. Aengus has loads of determination and heart to make his life better, which will help him complete his quest to find the woman of his
In Williams’ Streetcar Named Desire the characters represent two opposing themes. These themes are of illusion and reality. The two characters that demonstrate these themes are Blanche, and Stanley. Blanche represents the theme of Illusion, with her lies, and excuses. Stanley demonstrates the theme of reality with his straightforward vulgar ness. Tennessee Williams uses these characters effectively to demonstrate these themes, while also using music and background characters to reinforce one another.
Character Conflict in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire is a play wrought with intertwining conflicts between characters. A drama written in eleven scenes, the play takes place in New Orleans over a nine-month period. The atmosphere is noisy, with pianos playing in the distance from bars in town.
Isn't it true the relationship between Stella and Stanley is praiseworthy, since it combines sexual attraction with compassion for the purpose of procreation? Isn't it true that as opposed to Stanley's normalcy in marriage, Blanche's dalliance in sexual perversion and overt efforts to break up Stanley and Stella's marriage is reprehensible? Isn't it true that Stella's faulty socialization resulting in signs of hysteria throughout the play meant that she probably would have ended her life in a mental hospital no matter whether the rape had occurred or not?
Comparing the two characters from the novel The Awakening and the play A Streetcar Named Desire, Edna Pontellier and Blanche Dubois, there are clearly inherent differences between the two. Some differences being: Edna is an artist and Blanche is a teacher, Edna has two children and Blanche has none, Edna is married and Blanche is a widow. But, despite the differences the between the two characters there are also many similarities. The three most important similarities between the two characters are: both women are free spirited characters that give life to the novels they star in, they both have best friends that do not really understand them, and they both meet tragic ends at the end of their respective stories caused by men.
After two world wars, the balance of power between the genders in America had completely shifted. Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire is a harsh, yet powerful play that exposes the reality of the gender struggle. Williams illustrates society’s changing attitudes towards masculinity and femininity through his eloquent use of dramatic devices such as characterization, dialogue, setting, symbolism, and foreshadowing.
Survival is indeed a word that can change a human’s perspective on what they need to do to remain alive. In order to survive, people have been known to go to great lengths and to do things they would not ordinarily do. I have noticed this throughout my life by watching movies, and reading books. Most of the time, it is the main character who comes face to face with death, and does anything to keep themselves alive. I have set up a few great examples that show’s people in their survival situations, and what they will do to get out alive.
In the story Alice in Wonderland, the world of Wonderland represents the main antagonist Alice’s fantasy that is fueled by her desire of staying in the past and remaining a child. Ultimately, she fears the changes that come with becoming an adult; thus, she resists reality and embraces the lies of her fantasy of staying a child by staying in Wonderland. Furthermore, this is similar to how the main antagonist in A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche DuBois, resists reality by lying to herself and everyone she knows because she also fears reality. Unlike Blanche, Alice soon realizes that by embracing her fantasies and desires she would be led down a path of destruction because fantasy and reality are incompatible. Likewise, Tennessee Williams covers the topic of the incompatibility of fantasy and reality in A Streetcar Named Desire by making the character Blanche DuBois, which represents fantasy, resist and have a conflict with the character Stanley Kowalski, which represents reality, because he wants to convey that it is natural to fear and resist reality and take solace in desire and fantasy.
“Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces” (Sigmund Freud). Illusion can be a part of our lives; however, if taken to the extreme, it can lead one to forget reality. Every individual has problems in life that must be faced with reality and not with illusion, even though it might throw one into flames of fires. Tennessee Williams' play of a family reveals the strength of resistance between reality and desire, judgment and imagination, and between male and female. The idea of reality versus illusion is demonstrated throughout the play. Blanche's world of delusion and fantastical philosophy is categorized by her playful relationships, attempts to revive her youth, and her unawareness in the direction of reality of life. In Tennessee William’s play, A Streetcar Named Desire, through the study of character and tropology, fantasy and illusion allow one to make life appear as it should be rather than as it is.
The main characters in this play are Blanche Dubois, Stella Kowalski, Stanley Kowalski, and Mitch. However, the minor characters are Eunice, Steve, Pablo, the Negro women, the doctor, the nurse, the Mexican woman, and the young collector.
Is there anyone in this world who does not want to be rich? The first thing that crosses the people’s mind while choosing job is money. Money plays a vital role in one's life and most of the people are motivated to perform well in their jobs for money. Money is the reason what drives people to work better. In most cases, money greatly works. People are motivated to perform better by receiving monetary incentives like wages, salaries, allowances, bonuses, retirement benefits, etc. But, money doesnot always contribute in influencing people towards the work. This essay will discuss the arguments that are both for and against money being the key motivator and suggest that money is not always the best motivator.