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The merger of Eros and Thanatos in A Streetcar Named Desire Death and desire have been linked closely together of all time since Freud identified Eros ( the inherent aptitude of life. love and gender ) and Thanatos ( the inherent aptitude of decease and devastation ) as two coinciding and conflicting thrusts within human…

Aristotle stated “the structure of the best tragedy should…be… complex” representing” incidents arousing pity and fear “. It’s understood that the focus of tragedy is human suffering and a tragedy must be accessible to audiences, creating a shared catharsis. Although Aristotle refers to classical tragedies, a domestic tragedy like “A Streetcar Named Desire” ensures a…

1. Meaning Ascher states her main idea towards the end of the essay. – The Box Man chooses solitude, and he also confirms the essential aloneness of human being. She also demonstres that we can “find solice” within ourselves. Ascher leads up to and supports her idea with three examples – the box man chooses…

Tennessee Williams states in the introduction of A Streetcar Named Desire that, “… once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle you are equipped with the basic means of salvation”. Streetcar passionately embraces Williams’ words; conflict is what makes this play so human and transcendent. The characters are portrayed as complex individuals…

Elucidating the Meaning of Freedom In the midst of the recent National Security Administration (NSA) scandal and the push for gun control, the concept of freedom and tyranny has become blurred. The book “Life of Pi” is a complex story that explores various themes. Some view it as a personal account, where religion, faith, and…

LOP Compare and Contrast Essay Introduction: Was Life of Pi a true story of a boy stuck out in sea for 7 months with a Bengal tiger, or all a lie that constantly toyed with our brains? This was a question that always kept readers of the book and viewers of the movie perplexed about…

In this essay I will be discussing why J. B Priestly wrote the play ‘An Inspector Calls’ and how he uses the to influence the social hierarchy in 1946. The play was set in 1912 in the dining room of the Birling’s house in Brumely, an industrial city in the North Midlands. The Birling’s consists…