How does Williams explore the theme desire in the play. Williams explores the theme of desire in many ways throughout the play, most notably by showing Stanley’s desire to be in control at all times. At the beginning of scene one Stanley throws a meat package up to Stella who protests mildly but manages to catch the package, this symbolises the sexual dominance that Stanley has over Stella, the sexual innuendo is noted by their neighbours who witness this and laugh. Stanley’s desire for power is also seen in Scene three when the radio is used to symbolise the power struggle between Blanche and Stanley. Blanche angers Stanley not only by turning on the radio but also by chatting flirtatiously to Mitch who is there to play poker, the fact that his friends also request to keep the radio on infuriates Stanley all the more as he feels that Blanche is undermining him in front of his friends, he storms over to turn the radio off staring angrily at an unflinching Blanche, Stanley is drunk which further fuels his emotions and Blanche is well aware that her behaviour is causing conflict, Blanche later turns the radio back on and Stanley rages, throwing the radio out of the window in a final show of power which ends in him being violent to Stella.
They were respected so much by their community that if someone from their family did a simple crime, their reputation would be ruined. They had full power of their people especially the Indians. Frank molested and raped the Indian women because of the power he had against them, which made him see himself as a superior and take advantage of others. Julian, being the head of his family, he feels that he has power to decide what justice is and what is not. He does not hesitate in choosing between justice and his favorite son, he gets really mad when Wes put Frank to justice for his crimes and uses his power to free him.
Prompt: Violence does not resolve conflict; it only creates more conflict. Conflict occurs everywhere and violence does not stop it from happening. Throughout the film Paradise Road by Bruce Beresford there are numerous incidents where violence occurs and merely creates more conflict then there was at the beginning. We see conflict in Paradise Road from the soap incident between the English and the Dutch, and how racism was a very key element that had pushed violence to occur out of such a simple conflict. Another example of how violence increases the amount of conflict then there was originally is when Adrienne hit the Japanese soldier, even though she was seen as a leader and role model to some female prisoners.
Bullfighting Brett Throughout Hemmingway’s The Sun Also Rises the motif of bullfighting is very prominent. It is a central part of the story but is also a symbol of how Brett lives. Although Brett is very similar to a bullfighter in how she chooses to deal with the men in her life, she is not the greatest of all the bullfighters though, and it is this inferiority which brings Brett to her demise as a matador. The first mention of bullfighting in the book is from coincidentally from Jake while they are still in Paris. It is coincidental because Hemmingway places meaning of Brett in his mention of bullfighting.
Power Power is shown in many different forms within the novel; physical, mental, coercive and legitimate. I think that Lennie shows the most physical power in the novel, as Curley threatens Lennie and punches him numerous times Lennie just takes the hits until George tells Lennie to “get him”, Lennie doesn’t have any mental power, it is George that thinks for Lennie and Lennie protects George physically. Curley demonstrates legitimate power in the way that he uses his position of being the bosses son (second highest position on the ranch) to threaten people with a canning (firing). He has a very prominent insecurity, he hates men who are bigger than him, because he is small. He tries to prove himself by picking fights with the bigger men
The encounter between the two men was all the buzz in the bar. They were all anticipating the first hit. He was being challenged and he had all the right to take on the duel and fight his opponent not only had the belligerent crowd ruined his skit but now one of them wanted to fight him. Instead, he did what, in my opinion is not the norm, and became the bigger person and figuratively killed him with kindness. The opponent had triggered him to become aggressive yet he didn’t let that trigger get to him.
Where men can do as they please with the women and nothing is ever prosecuted and basically a brave woman who wanted to fight for the country she loves is now going to be accused of lying and is looked down on for even bringing the charges up in the first place. Some justice our miltary has right? These men have the wrong idea they think there invincible and can get away with this and if any action is taken these men become violent. We give these men guns with hope that they will protect our country but in reality we are just giving ammo to a cold-hearted raping killing machine. Even when the men return home and possibly go after the women who asked for help they still have to answer to the military instead of civilian police.
Both Hindley and Heathcliff are violent towards each other "cuffed him over the ear… Hindley threw it, hitting him on the breast", Heathcliff knows that he can use it to his advantage as he does not need to fight back as Mr Earnshaw will always take his side. The violence represented foreshadows their relationship in the future when they grow up and is seen as very excessive due to the repetition of violence inflicted upon
It was the moment my wrestling team and I had been waiting for: we had to defeat our rivals KMS. We were ready. All the practices, all the blood, all the sweat and tears were on the line for the trip to the state tournament. It was a no holds-barred battle, and we were determined to come out on top. As the dual progressed my team wrestled with purpose, passion and power.
The phrase; “bred to kill” and “aggressive killer” are thrown around without hesitation from those that are not familiar with the breed. In the Pit Bull debate, the word "vicious" functions to vindicate the breed and cause a lot of negative reactions from the press and the general public, this aggression is nurtured and not innate. The fact that they are publicly ousted as a particularly fearsome breed doesn’t allow people to form their own opinions and forces them to feel afraid of them. Fear is a feeling of apprehension and a response that is both physiological and psychological, to the perception of danger or harm (Petersen 1996). When we hear of horror stories in the media our minds are made up for us without having an informed argument from both sides of the Pit Bull debate.