( A streetcar named desire) Why does Blanche ask Mitch to place the paper lantern over the light bulb ? What does the lantern symbolize & what does covering the light bulb symbolize

In "A Streetcar Named Desire," when Blanche asks Mitch to place the paper lantern over the light bulb, it serves as a symbolic action that represents several underlying meanings.

The Lantern Symbolism:

The paper lantern itself holds symbolic significance in the play. It represents Blanche's desire to create an atmosphere of soft, diffused light, which helps to conceal the harsh reality and age that she wants to hide. The lantern is associated with a sense of illusion and fantasy, aligning with Blanche's tendency to create an idealized version of herself and her surroundings. It symbolizes her attempts to maintain an aura of beauty, youth, and mystique, even as she battles her internal struggles and the truth of her past.

Covering the Light Bulb Symbolism:

When Blanche asks Mitch to cover the light bulb with the lantern, it serves as a metaphorical act of concealing reality and blurring the harsh truths. The light bulb represents the stark, unfiltered truth that Blanche wishes to avoid. By covering the light bulb, Blanche attempts to maintain the illusions and create a more flattering and forgiving ambiance. It reflects her desire to hide her past, her insecurities, and the realities of her fading beauty and mental instability. Covering the light bulb is a desperate attempt to shield herself from the harshness of the world and create an artificial, gentler reality.

However, this symbolic act also foreshadows the inevitable clash between Blanche's illusions and the truth, as the paper lantern is delicate and fragile, ultimately unable to fully conceal the glaring light bulb. It signifies the impending unraveling of Blanche's carefully constructed facade and her eventual confrontation with reality.

The act of covering the light bulb with the paper lantern serves as a powerful symbol of Blanche's desperate attempts to escape the truth, maintain her illusions, and create an idealized version of herself and her environment. It highlights the themes of illusion versus reality, the human desire for escapism, and the consequences of living in a world of illusions.

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What must a conclusion be? (5 points)
1) confrontational
2) confusing
3) lengthy
4) logical

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What change is needed in sentence 4?

A.) Delete the comma after phone

B.) Change answers to answer

C.)Change no to know

D.)Change then to than

can figuratively and literally be used at the same time ?

Read the following speech carefully before you choose your answer.

The following passage is from President Lincoln's inaugural address to the American people.

(1) At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. (2) Then, a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. (3) Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. (4) The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. (5) With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.

(6) On the occasion corresponding to this, four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. (7) All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. (8) While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war--seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects by negotiation. (9) Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.

(10) One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. (11) These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. (12) All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. (13) To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war; while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. (14) Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. (15) Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. (16) Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. (17) Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.

(18) It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. (19) The prayers of both could not be answered. (20) That of neither has been answered fully. (21) The Almighty has His own purposes. (22) "Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." (23) If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? (24) Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. (25) Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."

(26) With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.

The speaker develops the passage primarily through (3 points)


appeals to the audience's emotion and sentiment


accumulation of specific detail and evidence


assertion followed by qualification and exposition


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Which sentence below does not use interjections correctly?
a. Hooray! We won our first match!
b. Wow, I love my new book!
c. No, you can’t have more cake.
d. Yuck! This tastes awful!

1.The car has been stopped by the driver.
2. My father drive the car usually.
3. Yesterday the driver drove the car.
4. We enjoyed the show.
5.They were watching the 3D show.
6. We didn't book the tickets for the show,
7. She was paying the bill.
8. Children are planting the seeds.
9. You don't clean your room
10. They will be cooking lunch.
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Which sentence uses the semicolon (correctly?)

A. George brought a candy bar for me in his lunch; but forgot to give it to me.

B. Let's go to the store after breakfast; the dog got into the trashcan in the kitchen.

C. I came home late for dinner again; my mother sent me directly to my room.​

Which statement from Passage 1 BEST supports
the author's claim that Big Ben is known for its
reliability?
At the north end of the Palace of Westminster
emerges an iconic London landmark referred to as
Big Ben
The clock's other four bells are used as quarter
bells
The clock tower survived the attack, and Big Ben
continued to sound on the hour.
Soon after the Great Clock was installed the tower's
bells were mounted in the belfry.

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05.04 A Matter of Perspective

In this lesson, we learned to watch, listen, draw conclusions, and ask questions in order to discover a character’s perspective. Now, it is your turn to do the same for a character in The Lions of Little Rock.

Directions:

Choose an event from the book that helps the reader understand Marlee’s perspective. What does she think and believe about the events and characters in the story? How do you know? Describe the event or situation in 3-5 complete sentences.



Event Description (Please include page number from the text):











Watch: What does Marlee do? How does she act? What body language and facial expressions does the author include? Provide 2 examples.

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Listen: What does Marlee say to others? What does she say to herself that helps you understand her perspective? What do others say that help you understand the character’s perspective? Provide TWO quotations from the text.



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Explain what your observations tell you about the character’s perspective on the situation.

According to Junior (from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian) there is one “language” that everybody can understand. What is that language?

Art
O‘Philosophy
English
French

Which term means “the use of a word that suggests two or more of its meanings, or suggests a similar sounding word”?

What would be the reason for paraphrasing this excerpt
for a general audience?
You could simplify the language and references so
that most people could understand this excerpt.
O You could break down the sentence into shorter
ones that might be easier for some people to grasp.
O You could explain how the main idea within the
excerpt relates to the central themes of the passage.
O You could reorder each idea in sequence, which
would clarify how the author develops her ideas.

Which of the following sentences does NOT contain an adjective?
Oa. She was unhappy about her results.
Ob. The boy ran as fast as he could to his house.
Oc. It is an extremely hot summer in Gauteng.
O d. My mother is a beautiful woman.

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Read the literary analysis paragraph.

Shakespeare’s writing style reveals information about attitudes toward the landscape. His precise word choice provides detailed descriptions of the outdoors. In Titus Andronicus, he uses words like "ruthless,” "vast,” and "gloomy” to describe forests. Although he is known as the "playwright’s playwright,” Shakespeare could have been a travel guide.

Which sentence from the paragraph contains the best use of domain-specific vocabulary?

Shakespeare’s writing style reveals information about attitudes toward the landscape.
His precise word choice provides detailed descriptions of the outdoors.
In Titus Andronicus, he uses words like “ruthless,” “vast,” and “gloomy” to describe forests.
Although he is known as the “playwright’s playwright,” Shakespeare could have been a travel guide.

which best summarizes these paragraphs

A) dr.percy spencer invented the microwave oven after he discovered that a magnetron could heat food
B) a scientist named dr.percy spencer tried different experiments using a magnetron, and he discovered that it would pop popcorn
C) dr.percy spencer was a curious man who, in 1946, invented the magnetron
D) dr. percy spencer placed popcorn kernels near a magnetron and turned it on. the popcorn jumped and popped into the air and all over the floor o

Amundsen's anxious behavior in this passage is most likely caused by
OA.
his insecurity around Byrd.
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his fear of Mr. Shackleton.
OC.
his desire to please his father.
OD.
his need to be accepted by his friends.

Question 9 of 10
Which sentence uses ellipsis correctly?

1. what must be present for a discourse to be called an argument
2. what are the rules of argumentative discourse ​

What time period is the canterbury depicting

joyful: unhappy as calm: nervous A. Antonyms B.Part-wholeC.cause and effect D.synonyms

Shakespeare has struck a fine balance of love, romance and comedy in Merchant of Venice.Bring out the truth of the statement with examples from the play. 500 words minimum

Based of the information in paragraph 4, how does the narrator generally feel towards King Charles spaniels

What stands out to you about Trujillo’s interview?