The Streetcar Named Desire,

figuratively speaking is a streetcar that all people take, Stella and Blanche are no exception to this, in fact they are perfect examples. Desire is one of the most powerful emotions that human beings can have, the desire for material items, and desire for pleasures, they can drive us, compel us, and control us, but only if one lets desire control them. Desire can drive a person mad, Blanche desired her old home Belle Reve more then anything, she held onto the property for as long as she possibly could, the plantation became her obsession, the process of her degeneration began long before she lost Belle Reve, yet the loss only strengthened her disconnection from the 'real' world. Blanche had an unreasonable amount of desire, for both material wealth, and for pleasures, she let her desires control her. Stella, on the other hand, seems to be a much more reasonable person then Blanche, she is in sync with reality, she makes rational decisions and has a functioning life, yet even Stella is controlled by her desire. Stella is controlled by her desire, though she is overshadowed by Blanche, her desire is still apparent, even though the household is'int perfect, even though Stanley takes many actions that Stella cannot condone, even though Stanley hits her, the power and control of Desire will always bring Stella back to Stanley. The power and control of desire is absolute, while it bring pleasure and happiness, you must always transfer from the Streetcar named Desire, to Cemetery.

Bland Blanche?

Blanche, one of the main characters of the play "A Streetcar Named Desire," is a delusional person, she has detached herself from society so much that she lives in a dream world. At the Beginning of the play it is hard to see that she is indeed 'crazy' but as the play progresses you can begin to see just how badly Blanche is disconnected from society. Blanche has many peculiar quirks that she seems to depend upon, these quirks are in fact side effects of the dream world that she has put herself in. Blanche is a very delusional character who is disconnected from society, this is her defined role in the play, Williams limited Blanche's character in that way, because the play depends upon her 'insanity'. The play hinges upon Blanche's actions, if she was not so delusional, so detached from reality, she would not have responded in the way she does to many of the simple things in life. She does several interesting things, like hiding from bare light, and taking many baths, these things, like Blanche, are not common. These subtle differences are what make the play interesting, is Blanche was not 'crazy' then the play would merely be a tale of several people, but with no meat, nothing for a reader to sink their teeth into. Drama that occurs in a normal persons life is nothing compared to the drama that occurs in a 'crazy' persons life, Blanches 'crazy' actions keep us interested to read further into the book and discover more of the drama that is "A Streetcar Named Desire."

A paralyzing epiphany

Within the various works of James Joyce, there appears the points in the books and short stories where there are paralysis and epiphanies, these are well implemented by Joyce in the story of "The Sisters." There appear within the work a few paralysis and epiphany moments, some literal and some not, for example, when the Priest is paralyzed his is literally paralyzed, he cannot move. Then there are events that are both paralyzing and epiphanies, like when the boy finally realizes that the Priest is dead, he is having the epiphany that the father is infact dead, yet he is paralyzed by the emotions he is feeling from a loss so overwhelming. These paralyzing and epiphany moments appear most evidently in the works of James Joyce, but upon closer inspection one can see that they are infact present in all works.

Lucy's Voice

Since the story of "Disgrace" is told form the point of view of David Luries, we dont get to hear other peoples sides of the story. Lucy, David's daughter, plays a pivotal role in the novel aswell, yet we hear so little form her. A terrible event happens to Lucy, but we never really hear anything of it from her, David begins to suspect people and Lucy gives vague hints, but the full depth of her rape is never revealed. One could speculate that due to the lasting effects of aparthied and the gender distinction she did not want to do anything, however i believe that Lucy didnt really ever do anything because she heard the story of how her father got away with rape. The father is one of the most influential figures for a daughter so naturally she had heard about, and thought about what her father had done. Though we may never know what she had really thought, i speculate that she believe that what happened to her was wrong and horrible, but after what her father had done she realized that nothing would come of her telling the police.

Who is this David?

David Lurie is the main character of Disgrace he is a very unusual character, yet since the story is told through his eyes it gives the story a nice twist. The fact that the story is told from his views changes some very important facts about the book, like the idea of it not really bieng rape, this is one of the critical points in the book, and since we only get the information the David wants to hear we never really know some of the true events in the book. Through out the entire time David tries to maintain his complete innocence, that what he did was not wrong, and this angers the committee which causes him to be fired. His stubbornness gets him fired. David Lurie is, at heart, a good person but his numerous character flaws make it appear otherwise.

Miss Emily

Miss Emily would have the most boring and bland facebook site ever, she has so few talents that everything on the page would be plain, there would be nothing at attract people to her page because it would be so dull and uninteresting. She would have no one listed as a friend and she would attamept to keep it that way, infact she would never have a facebook because she lacks to will to go out and find other people. Over and over again she displays a disconnection between herself and society, and from this i dont believe that she would veer even recieve a comment on any of her pages.

If a picture is worth a thousand words im turning in a gallary for my final

Figurative language is one of the cornerstones of poetic writings, and The Red Wheelbarrow is no exception. Though one may not think of The Red Wheelbarrow as a poem filled with figurative language it is to me. Most consider figurative language to be when the author uses over the top words to create an image that English majors can look at for years and pull a different meaning and picture out of it, yet to me figurative language is any use of language that creates vivid images in ones head. Though so few words are used in The Red Wheelbarrow, they leave you trying to figure out the rest of the scene, it leaves you with an image. With a mere 16 words Williams leaves us with a picture and wondering about the rest of a picture.

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.

We can vividly see the red wheelbarrow glazed with water, we can imagine that this is a farm, and from this a picture of our own creation spreads. To give such detail about one simple object Williams successfully involves the reader into his story, it lets them fill in the blanks to a story which is already complete. We are left in amazement by the first part, "so much depends/upon", because we are left with such a concrete description of the wheelbarrow, yet nothing is told to the readers why everything seems to depend upon this particular wheelbarrow. The fact that the author is vague in communicating their ideas is what makes this poem so special, if all of the details were included it would simply be a description of a house, but through this vagueness the author opens a door to our imagination letting our own images about this poem flow freely. Williams simultaneously uses images in the best of and worst of ways.

Catching up With Choices

T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess" are dramatic monologues. Both of these speakers are very different, yet the fact that they are portrayed through dramatic monologues seems to instantly make them seem vain. In fact both of them are quite vain, but in different ways, and they both also have their unique, quirks. J. Alfred Prufrock is an interesting character indeed, in all aspects of life he simply fails, he cannot seem to accomplish anything and he laments upon the past thinking about what he did wrong and what he could have done. Prufrock is indeed vain, he believes that if he were younger he would be able to accomplish the things that he couldn't not when he was younger, he keeps going back to the idea that his younger self could accomplish so much more. He is vain to believe that with youth he could accomplish things he has already failed at. However the Duke is vain in a completely different way, he needs things to be centered around him, he needs to be in control, for when he looses control, he looses control. The Duke thinks he is the be all to end all, that he is the center of everything, and it needs to be maintained this way for him to remain sane. All of life around the Duke is feeding his vanity. The Dukes vanity causes him to act to stay in control of things, Prufrocks vanity causes him to simply wish.

And so it begins

Hello, i am taking the easy way out here...by choosing a random paragraph, which just happens to be the first one, then i will proceed to analyze the hell out of it and hope to receive a good grade.

LET us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherised upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
To lead you to an overwhelming question …
Oh, do not ask, “What is it?”
Let us go and make our visit.

Straight from T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock"
I shall be reading and analyzing this paragraph alone, without the rest of the story/poem, so if i say this part might show this, and it doesn't happen, well too bad that's what i analyzed and thought would occur from using only this part of the story/poem.

The speaker wants to take the person being spoken to out at night, late night when everything is dark and the stars cover the sky. The speaker wants to take the person being spoken to, all over the place, not the best of places, but everywhere he can afford.

The speaker is trying to get the receiver (easier then person being spoken to) to sleep with him, this can be seen in several ways. The title of the story/poem is "The Love Song..." makes one believe that there will be some loving going on. One night cheap hotels, probably more like the one hour cheap hotels. Of course there was the "argument of insidious intent", and where are they going to make their visit, the one hour cheap hotel?

The form of this paragraph is interesting, it does not fit most common writing styles, yet at the same time it is not very free. There is no set amount of syllables to each line, and it seems like the stresses are not set from line to line. However there does appear to be some end rhymes, while they don't always match up perfectly, there are a few sets of lines with rhymes at the end.

The poetry form of a writing always "seems" to be enhanced when compared with the standard prose version. That is because there are often numerous extraneous words to fill the poem with "fluff" however at the same time this allows the creative side of both the writers and readers to take the poem to the next level.

This is the opening paragraph to the story/poem, it is where we are introduced to the story and where we get our first glimpses of the characters and can see some character development, even in a poem there is character development. From this point we are able to come up with several ideas on how the poem will proceed, this could be one of the most important parts of the poem, unless of course there is a dramatic plot twist.



Oh and by the way..... 3. Finally, it should put that sustained reading of a section of the poem in conversation with teh rest of the poem....i did itz with teh rest of da poem lolz (can't blame me for doing that to an English teacher)

Opening Day

This is my ENL003 blog, every post after this one will be solely for the purposes of ENL003, however in this post after this point its all me. I am here to coalesce the vapors of human existence into a reasonable and feasible argument....thank you Mel Brooks.

NOTE: In every one of my posts there will be a picture of a number starting at one and working its way up starting now.