In the essay “A Train from Hate,” Franklin and his mother were escorted off of a train because they mistakenly got on the whites only coach resulting in them having to walk home through the woods. Franklin wrote in his autobiography Mirror to America, “I endured the very strict segregation laws and practices in Tulsa, Oklahoma” (Durham). Franklin’s experience with racism and the role he played in society compelled him to write this essay. As he stated in the story, “My pilgrimage from racial apprehension— was early and brief”
The message of A Streetcar Named Desire is essentially conveyed through the interplay of the two main characters, Blanche Du Bois, a middle-aged woman from Mississippi, and her sister’s husband, Stanley Kowalski, along with supporting cast members Stella, Blanche’s sister (with whom Blanche goes to live) and Stanley’s friend, Mitch. The story is set in post World War II New Orleans and Blanche represents the traditions of the Old South, which have almost disappeared by this time. In stark contrast, Stanley represents the new urban working class, which is unpretentious, raw and in total opposition to the aristocratic world Blanche represents. Stella and Mitch are supporting characters, necessary for the plot in order to show the antagonism between Blanche and Stanley. This antagonism is a result of Blanche bringing her values into the Kowalski’s home – values that she is unwilling to accept no longer exist.
• Nora dances the tarantella to distract Torvald from the mail. • She rejects Torvald's drunken advances after the party. • Nora says goodbye to dying Dr. Rank. • She finally allows Torvald to read his mail. • Nora confronts Torvald about the demeaning way he treats her.
But first she must face her past. Melanie must physically travel to Alabama to finalise a divorce from Jake. Her stay in town will trigger an inner journey as to the reason why she left. Just like Gwen, she wanted to escape the hard life of a small struggling country town. The music, in the background “bright lights, big city” is ironic as Melanie insults her old friends at the small-town pub by asking, “how do you people live like this?”.
A Streetcar Named Desire Plot: A Streetcar Named Desire follows the story of Blanche Du Bois, a former school teacher. For secret reasons, she leaves her home and moves in with her sister, Stella, and her husband, Stanley Kowalski. The play deals with the culture clash between the two protagonists, Stanley, a rising member of the urban immigrant class, and Blanche, a fading but still attractive Southern Belle. Blanche’s virtue and culture thinly mask her alcoholism and delusions of grandeur. Her poise is an illusion set up to shield herself from reality, yet she still attempts to make herself attractive to new male suitors.
In the beginning of the book, the crew travels to Aeolia, where the Wind God gives Odysseus a bag containing all the bad winds. The sailors could not restrain their curiosity to see what valuables it contained. Due to this incident, horrible winds and hurricanes are unleashed, sending the ship back to Aeolia. In Ithaca, Penelope tricked the suitors three years, tempting them by saying she would choose a husband after she finished weaving a shroud, however, when nightfall came Penelope would unravel her day’s work. In the poem “Penelope to Ulysses”, it illustrates her as a spider saying “…each night I unweave the web of my day…About me the insistent buzz of flies drones louder every day.” (797,2-5), while the flies are the suitors.
Granny and the kids were forced to leave their home and granny was forced to abolish her southern customs, lying and stealing to survive. As time went on she had gained an sufficient profit and decided to give back to the poor struggling slaves but while she was making a business deal to get rid of her final surplus of mules she was killed. The night she was killed, she made Ringo and Bayard stay inside the wagon and she traveled across the terrain into a barn to meet Gumby (the man she was making the deal with). As time progressed the weather became worse and Bayard and Ringo realized something was wrong and went racing towards the barn. When they arrived at the Barn they had been a minute too late, granny had already been shot.
“Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking”-Grace McGravie. In the short story The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson, a seemingly idyllic small town participates in a barbaric ritual or “lottery”, in which the winner (or loser depending how you view it), gets stoned to death by the entire town. The theme of destructive tradition pervades the text, beginning with the town nervously anticipating the outcome of the lottery and, of course, ultimately leading to Tessie Hutchinson’s death from the hands of her neighbors, friends, and family. Though Tessie Hutchinson at times appears to rebel against the traditions of the lottery, she for the most part adheres to the tradition of the lottery by coming to the lottery, cheering her husband on while he draws, and even drawing her slip of paper. “Clean forgot what day it was…I looked out the window the kids was gone, and then I remembered it was the twenty-seventh and came a-running.”(294) This statement shows that Tessie accedes to the lottery by showing up.
Dallas Camp Dr. Trotter Eng 101-019 30 Jun 2013 Analysis of the short story “Wild Swans” This short story “Wild Swans” is about a young woman named Rose who takes an adventurous, yet awkward, train ride from the small town of West Hanratty, Canada to the metropolitan city of Toronto. Her stepmother Flo, owns a small store and knows a little bit about everybody in their town and seems to have an opinion about everything. Flo once worked in Toronto and tells Rose of a man getting his stomach cut open and whores fighting aimlessly, but Rose’s biggest concern should be the white slavers on the train. These white slavers offer young woman drugged candy and with the help of an accomplice, whisk the young lady’s off the train and into a life of drugs and prostitution. These stories of Flo’s keep Rose’s mind wondering what to expect on the train ride and again when she arrives in Toronto.
As Carlotta, the Opéra's resident soprano prima donna, rehearses for that evening's performance, a backdrop collapses without warning. "The Phantom! He's here!" the anxious cast members whisper. The Opera's new owners, Firmin and André, try to downplay the incident, but Carlotta refuses to continue and storms offstage.