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Does A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams achieve tragic stature, or is it merely pessimistic?
... time of social upheaval following WW2. The plantocracy of the pre-Civil War South, depending of slavery for ... of the principal critics of the labelling of Streetcar as a tragedy. He claims that because Williams is always too defensively close to his theme of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Literary Concepts and Elements Presented by American Authors
... of time, the end of slavery and start of civil rights in the country. Today, her writings and work are revered as the quintessential symbolism of the modern writing of ... unfairness of inequality and no one would care that he killed in self defense. He knew ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Jesus Was an Indian: A Response Essay to Joseph Bruchac's "Our Stories Remembered".
... of Indians. (Bruchac 7) Later, he tells the story of Tisquantum, or Squanto. Tisquantum had been kidnapped by an English captain and sold into slavery ... , I started to worry. The tone of the text was so defensive, so negative. Basic concepts were over- ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Billy Book:Civil Rights
... depiction of the racism and the lack of civil rights that existed in America in 1937. The Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 abolished slavery, ... , beaten, and scratched by one of the girls. He ends up stabbing her in his own defense and then he runs. The ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Do you agree with the statement: 'The Colour Purple' by Alice Walker is a heroic failure?
... the hardships of not only slavery but also the oppressive sharecropping system. During her childhood, Walker had to make the best of what ... defense, has stated several times that women all too often are abused by the men they love. She adds that all of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American