The comparison between Stanley and Vernon “A street car named desire” by Tennessee Williams and “Naked Lunch” by Michael Hollinger setting is different, but themes are essentially the same with concerning relationships. “A street car named desire” is set in New Orleans in 1947 in a two-bedroom apartment on the first floor. The setting of “Naked Lunch” is in a small dining-room table, eating food, there is a small vase and a large vase, and a bottle of vine in the dining-room. In both these short stories they use symbolism, in “A street car named desire” the symbolism used is the lights and lanterns and in “Naked Lunch” symbolism used is meat, corn, and having lunch. The characters Stanley and Vernon are merely the same with anger problems, …show more content…
Stanley loses his temper within the matter of minutes one wrong word said to him and he flies off the handles scaring the lady’s. According to Williams, “Don’t you ever talk that way to me. ‘Pig,’ ‘Pollack,’ ‘disgusting,’ ‘vulgar,’ ‘greasy.’ Now just remember what Huey Long said – that ever man’s a king – and I’m the King around here, and don’t you forget it.” (Williams). Stanley not only looses his temper in this quote, but he thinks he is the head of the household and he technically is the head of the household. In this quote below Vernon also loses his temper fast. According to Hollinger, “Lucy said, I never meant this to be a big deal. Vernon said, I SAID EAT the MEAT! Chew. Good, isn’t it. Nice and juicy. See, nothing to be afraid of.” (Hollinger 1059). Not only does Vernon also lose his temperature fast, but he is very demanding and forceful that Lucy ate the meat he prepared. These example quotes show that Stanley and Vernon have similarities when it comes to anger, aggression, demanding people, and call …show more content…
This quote below shows that Stanley is a sarcastic person. Likewise, “I am not a Pollack. People from Poland are Poles. They are not Pollacks. But what I am is one hundred percent American. And don't you ever call me a Pollack.” (Williams). It seems to be that not only is Stanley being sarcastic but also mocking Poland people. Vernon essentially makes fun of Lucy for comments she states. According to Hollinger, “Lucy said, I decided I didn’t want to eat anything with a face. Vernon said, a face? I don’t see any face… Lucy said, this doesn’t have to be a big deal” (Hollinger page 1058). Lucy exaggerated that there was a face on the meat she was not wanting to eat, and Vernon took the initiative to state a sarcastic comment that was a fact. Stanley and Vernon use sarcastic comments a lot throughout short stories to make the stories more
The two movies, “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner” and “Selma” are outstanding in their own perspective. The movie “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner” was based on a woman, Joanna Drayton, an extroverted woman and a man, John Prentice, a black doctor become engaged in a time period, 1960s, where civil right movement was at peak and racial equality was a national topic with different personal views and ideas about the situation. On the other hand, “Selma” depicts the movement to secure equal voting rights by Martin Luther King Jr. through his march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Even though both movies were exemplifying the same time period of 1960s, they have a different method in filmmaking. In common terms, the movies that are released in the past decade has been more concentrated toward digital processing and editing however the movie made in 1960s had seldom reach to digital editing and processing.
Maggard 1 Cole Maggard Johnson English 1 6 November 2014 Character compare and contrast Esperanza from House on Mango Street, Melinda from Speak, and Jean Louise from To Kill a Mockingbird, are very interesting characters that seem to not share many characteristics in each of these novels. These three girls were the main characters of their own books, and in each of these books we learned that they don’t have a lot in common. The personality that these three have just shows how different they are. Here are just a few examples that make these three girls different.
“The Shawl” and “The Years of My Birth” by Louise Erdrich One similarity between the two stories is the theme of abandonment of a child by its mother and a difference is that one ends on a very sad note and the other on a hopeful note. The ending of “The Shawl” is tragic and the ending of “The Years of My Birth” is hopeful as Linda has created a life for herself and moved beyond the tragedy of her earlier years. Other themes similar in both are twins and mothers are self-centered and care more about themselves than their child.
Of the films that I have seen of John Huston and Martin Scorsese it’s hard not to notice their similarities and numerous differences. Perhaps the most obvious comparison to make is how they use decor and costumes, both of their films, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and Taxi Driver (1976), take place at the time of their release, so the costumes and settings are realistic and most importantly lived-in. How these locations are lived in are portrayed a little differently through lighting and camera work, as Travis Bickle’s apartment is dark and grungy looking throughout the film, Scorsese is a filmmaker that likes to portray these kind of locations and characters that would inhabit them. Scorsese’s film feels less like a studio film and
Stanley is a blunt, practical, and animalistic man who has no patience for subtleties and refinement. His animalistic character shows the moment he meets Blanche, when he, moving with “animalistic joy” (24), “sizes” Blanche up with “sexual classifications” and “crude image” in his mind (25). Under his stare, Blanche draws “involuntarily back” (25), a movement that foreshadows their later conflict and her subsequent demise. His practical and straightforward side shows when he interrogates Blanche about the sale of Belle Reve to make sure that his wife is not swindled. His straightforward, practical nature makes him “boom” out of impatience (46) and demands Blanche to cut straight to the point when she tries to talk in an indirect, subtle manner as befit a Southern gentlewoman.
He wants everyone to think that he is an Oxford man and to believe that he is well educated by having a library in his house with countless books. However he never really touched them, the books are only there to show the public a fake image of him. In the end, the great Jay Gatsby appears to be a character who can’t seem to be letting go of his past. *ADD QUOTE* Tennessee Williams on the other hand, portrayed Blanche DuBois from A Streetcar Named Desire with a different view of her past. Unlike Gatsby, this character was wealthy, with a big loving family and a great plantation.
Sesame Street is a long-running television show that targets young children to teach them the educational content through hilarity, short pictures, cartoons, and cultural references. Sesame Street does a great job of preparing children for school by teaching kids the fundamentals of counting numbers, how to communicate with your fellow peers, ABCs, mathematics, and many more. As time changed, so did the show. The company has to compete against other educational shows so they had to switch the format to develop longer attention spans of the kids. The House on Mango Street is very similar to Sesame Street.
If you were to go back in a situation where everyone hated you for your existence, how would you have reacted? In the Rwandan Genocide, the Hutus killed about 800,000 men, women, and children that were all part of the Tutsi population. Approximately 11 million Jewish and non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust were killed in the concentration camps led by the Nazi’s. Survival is a small hope that everyone strives for when a large massacre begins. In Hotel Rwanda and Night, the main characters Paul and Eliezer both attempt to save their families during a genocide.
Examining Marriage in Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee William’s 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire takes place in Elysian Fields, New Orleans, and portrays the marital situation of this time. This play illustrates conflict over the marriage of Stella and Stanley. This marriage can be seen as strict, and controlling but also full of lust.
Knowing too much can be perilous. It is far better to be naïve - ingenuous and credulous in life rather than being disheartened by the truth. Having a little too much knowledge about the truth sometimes comes with a price of disappointment and disillusionment. The movie, Forrest Gump by Robert Zemeckis is more than just a story of a life saga told by a so-called ‘local idiot’. It portrays the character of Gump who achieves great things in live aided by the bliss of ignorance alongside with other characters such as Jenny and also Lieutenant Dan who in contrast, is disillusioned and discontented by the harsh reality that he goes through.
In “ Desiree’s Baby” and “ The Story of An Hour” written by Kate Chopin the audience analyzes the themes of love and marriage presented by the author in a unique style that is different from other authors during this time period. The similarities that the two short stories address include both of the women who happen to be young wives living under a male dominated culture as well as being under the control of their husbands whom they loved. However, the themes of the two stories are different. In “Desiree’s Baby” the theme portrays cruelty that is expressed through racial prejudice as well as being “blinded” by the ones you love, as compared to “ The Story of An Hour” which gives the reader a chance to explore the issue of forbidden joy in independence, and oppressiveness in marriage.
The themes of violence and power in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ hold an important role in the criticism of 1940s American society. Conflicts perpetuated by violence and power, such as abusive relationships and violent oppression are projected through the characters within the play. Williams uses these conflicts to highlight his criticisms of faltering values and social norms, from the perspective of an individual constrained by the expectations of a strict, Southern society. To begin with, there is an indefinite violence between men and women within ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. Stanley Kowalski, a focal character, is the epitome of male dominance and primitive aggression.
“The Great Gatsby” and “A Streetcar Named Desire” both focus on the common theme of pursuing goals and living the American Dream. As well as leaving behind the past and “turn a new leaf”. The main characters in each story, Blanche and Gatsby, both have dreams of wealth and great living.
In one particular scene in the movie Stanley becomes furious with Blanche’s disrespect towards him and proceeds to tell her that he is the king of the house and she is to do as he says. It seems that Stanley felt a sense of achievement by making women fear him. Tennessee William uses this wicked man to help the audience see how Southern culture displayed unethical
In the raisin in the sun many of the characters in the book or story have a dream and each of their dreams are different like for Walter. Walter wants to have and own a liquor store, mama wants to move into a white neighborhood and own a house and Beneatha wants to be a doctor and go to school in this essay i am going to compare and contrast and discuss each of their dreams and how they plan to reach it. mama dream is leave the small packed apartment with the whole family because the apartment is too small so she wants to buy a house with the paycheck that’s coming in the mail so they can move into her dream house which is in a white neighborhood with enough room for the whole family to live and be happy and not packed and cramped like the apartment they are in now this is mama’s dream as well as being a gardener.