The Antidote to Alpaca Farming

KEY QUOTATIONS AND THEIR INTERPRETATIONS ' There is something about her uncertain manner... that suggests a moth ' ~ Stage Directions (on Blanche), Scene 1 ~ Hints at Blanche's fragility, and perhaps her preference for night-time. It is thought that Blanche was based off of Tennessee Williams' dear sister Rose who suffered with mental instability and was confined to a mental asylum for the majority of her life. An earlier version of the play was entitled 'The Moth'! "There weren't any papers , she didn't show any papers , I don't care about papers ." ~ Stella (to Stanley, about Blanche), Scene ? ~ Stella uses a triplet to emphasise to Stanley her disinterest in how 'Belle Reve' was "lost" and her happiness to accept the vagueness that Blanche delivered this news with. She is evidently exasperated at Stanley for pushing the matter but is this due to a lack of interest in material wealth, or a reluctance to question ...

A2 - GREECE & PERSIA ' RELATIONS BETWEEN GREEK CITY-STATES AND PERSIANS CHANGED COMPLETELY AS A RESULT OF THE BATTLE OF MARATHON. ' TO WHAT EXTENT DO THE SOURCES SUPPORT THIS VIEW? Step 1: When I started planning this essay, I made a table showing relations between Greece and Persia before and after the Battle of Marathon. The ' before ' column included things like:  - Darius' earlier expedition to Thrace (513 BC)  - Ionian Revolt and the involvement of Greek allies, specifically Athens and Eritrea (499-493 BC)  - Athens' refusal to take back Hippias, thus rebuking their 'earth and water' pledge to Persia  - Mardonius' expedition (492 BC)  - General attitudes that greek poleis and the Persian empire had towards each other before their first real battle interaction in 490 BC Whereas, the ' after ' column had examples such as:  - Improved Greek unity vs better Persian tactical strategies, suggesting that the attitudes of the...

CONTEXT Timeline of the American South ( 1800-1940 ) ~ events that may have influenced Williams ~ o  1812-1815: War of 1812  - known as the 'second war of independence'  - fought between the US and UK over territory  - United States nationalism rose after the victory at the Battle of New Orleans o  1812 Louisiana became a state   o  1861-1865: Civil war    - ‘war of southern independence’  - struggle for the abolishment of slavery o  1874: ‘New South’  -  (Henry W. Grady): was a term used to represent the modernisation of the south. This was due to the impacts of the civil war where the south was still relying on crops with low market prices (e.g. cotton) and was also still very rural. The outcomes of this industrialisation and urbanisation meant slavery was abolished  - shown through the binary opposites of Blanche (Southern Belle) and Stanley (Northern Industrial Working Class...

KEY QUOTATIONS * DO NOT OVERUSE QUOTES - no more than 2 should be used in your essay, however learning the below examples may help you to understand the character's & their development throughout the play! ,, - Sie vergessen, dass Sie sich in Guellen befinden. In einer Stadt mit humanistischer Tradition. Goethe hat hier uebernachtet, Brahms ein Quartett komponiert. Diese Werte verpflichten. " ~ Der Buergermeister, Zweiter Akt ~ ,, Doch nun will ich eine Rede halten, vom Besuch erzaehlen der alten Dame in Guellen. " ~  Der Lehrer, Dritter Akt ~ ILL: ,, Ich lebe in einer Hoelle, seit du von mir gegangen bist " CLAIRE ZACHANASSIAN: ,, Und ich bin die Hoelle geworden " ~ Erster Akt ~ ,, Keiner will mich toeten, jeder hofft, dass es einer tun werde, und so wird es einmal einer tun. " ~ Alfred Ill, Zweiter Akt ~ ,, Man wird Sie toeten. Ich weiss es, von Anfang an, und auch Sie wissen es schon lange, auch wenn es in Guellen sonst niemand wahr ...

SULLA WHAT IS SAID ABOUT HIM? Plutarch, Life of Sulla (31) : ~ Quote from Metellus on Proscriptions ~ ' "We are not asking you," he said, "to pardon those whom you have decided to kill; all we ask is that you should free from suspense those whom you have decided not to kill" ' Velleius Paterculus : ~ on Tribunes ~ 'Anyone of reputation or birth shunned the office thereafter' 'He left the tribunican power a shadow without substance' Plutarch, Life of Sulla (33) : ~ on Imperium ~ ( 81 BC ) 'A decree was passed giving him immunity for all his past acts, while for the future he was to have the power of life and death, the power to confiscate property, to found colonies, to found new cities or to demolish existing ones, to take away or bestow kingdoms at his pleasure' WHAT WERE HIS MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS? o Cursus Honorum  - redraft of the lex Villia Annalis (senator could not hold same office twice in 10 years) o Se...