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…of the “powhitetrash” children calling Marguerite’s Momma and Uncle simply by their first names (27). Of course these “powhitetrash” children had learned their bad manners from the white adults of their community who also addressed the blacks by their first names. A second…

…, not saying anything to anyone other than Bailey. One day, a graceful, proper woman named Mrs. Flowers invites Maya to her house to have a talk. Mrs. Flowers says that although Maya does good work in school, she needs to talk; Mrs. Flowers stresses that spoken…

…no love and almost no attention from them. He desires and hopes for the elders to show emotion of any kind for him, but to no avail. Aunt Mathilda lives a life that involves only herself and her brothers, while the boy is nothing but "a person peripheral…

…database lists 4,019 entries using the descriptor "William Faulkner," and more than 1,089 entries using "Eugene O'Neill."2 Chapter Two: "Promiscuity and Penance: Sexual Outcasts as Martyrs in Suddenly Last Summer, Orpheus Descending, A Streetcar Named Desire…

…to 1947, to the opening of A Streetcar named Desire, with Marlon Brando. For one of the first times in theater's history (mainstream theater, that is), actors were encouraged to channel the center of their soul rather than rely solely on dictation or posture…

…as the South Side. Named the “black belt of the city,” it was the most concentrated area of the African American population of the time. The difficulty of finding residence in the other parts of the city and the abundance of vacant houses aided in this settlement…

…of women changed for the better during this time. Women basically took over the labor forces in Russia. In Great Britain, women were driving streetcars and buses. Women became more prominent in society. Showing up as mail carriers, bank tellers, and even…

…of women changed for the better during this time. Women basically took over the labor forces in Russia. In Great Britain, women were driving streetcars and buses. Women became more prominent in society. Showing up as mail carriers, bank tellers, and even…

…transformed, high-rise apartment towers were sprouting in the West End, new bridges and viaducts were constructed into the core, and in the suburbs, gravel roads were transformed by blacktop. Streetcars were replaced by trolley and diesel buses, permitting…

…wrote of self! -delusionment and futility in the Glass Menagerie (1945) and Streetcar named Desire (1947). In contrast Musical Theater was reborn, with Agnes de Mille's technique of dancing in character in Oklahoma (1943). Carousel (1945), and Annie get your…