...Censorship in A Streetcar Named Desire Author of A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams - stated that his plays are “Pleas for the understanding of delicate people”. A Streetcar Named Desire explores dysfunctional relationships and conflicts that arise in the breakdown. The 1930’s production code forced Kazan - director of A Streetcar Named Desire - to change the original text. The censors of the Breen Office forced Kazan to omit the film’s raw and candid portrayal of human behavior and relationships. Because the Breen Office controlled of the film industry, it definitely took away the audience’s understanding of the characters and their relationships especially in Stella’s descending of the staircase, dialogue between Blanche and Stella,...
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...Society’s Imaginary Force When the word hero comes to mind, most people will think about a man with super powers saving the city. What happens when a simple word like tragic goes in front of hero, then the definition changes drastically? In the play called, A Streetcar Named Desire written by William Tennessee, the characters are not a tragic hero. According to Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero, he states that someone must faced hardship and realizes that their actions will lead to their destruction. Based on this definition none of the characters is a tragic hero, but Blanche, is a character that fits most of the aspects of a tragic hero. There is one main reason that she is not a tragic and that is because there was an outside force that made her suffer. Society has a certain force on people and no matter what we do, society will change who we are as a person, for better or for worse. Tradition is something that we wish we can have with in our lives because it feels familiar and safe. Blanche suffered more than was needed and her Southern Bell values caused her to have such a fate. Blanche was stuck on the belief that traditions matter is more important than adapting to her surrounding. Throughout the play we that Blanche had the opportunity to let go of her values in order to live a happier life, but did not, “Blanche: … I thought you would never come back to this horrible place! What am I saying? I didn’t mean to say that. I meant to be nice about it and say-Oh...
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...A Morgan Stanley Case Study Operating Globally Through Technology Course: MGMT420 STRATEGIC MODELING Crn: 29022 Group Members: Nicole Blenman Mark Hamel-Smith Allison Joseph Cynthia Kennedy Kelly Singh Lecturer: Ms. Kinda McGowan April 18, 2015 Introduction Morgan Stanley was founded as an investment bank in New York in 1935, it has evolved into one of the world’s foremost financial institutions, with more than 45,000 employees on six continents. Though headquartered in the U.S., they are a leader in the integration of financial services around the world. As technology links them closer together the firm is in a unique position to address the increasingly global needs of their clients. Morgan Stanley mobilizes capital to help governments, corporations, institutions and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals. ▪ As a global bank it provides: Investment banking advice on mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring and privatisation. ▪ Major underwriter of stocks and bonds and provides research, sales and trading services in almost every type of financial instrument. ▪ Manages private partnerships that invest in venture capital, property and other private equity opportunities. ▪ Provides other related products and financial services, including credit cards. At its foundation are four core values — putting clients first...
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...Named Desire the word animal has changed drastically. Throughout the play Blanche calls and describes Stanley as an Animal. As the play progressed Blanche became more and more disgusted with Stanley. In the beginning Blanche walks in with Stella as Stanley and his friends are playing poker and says “Drunk-drunk animal-thing you! All of you please go home! If any of you have one spark of decency in you.” This description of an animal is very weak compared to the others. She calls him an animal because he is drunk, saying whatever he wants and being very rude. It then escalates to Blanche saying “He acts like an animal, has an animal’s habits! Eats like one, moves like one, talks like one!” Blanche is now completely disgusted with Stanley. Everything he does is like an animal, eat, walk, talk, etc. Later on in the play Blanche even goes further and describes him as uncivilized. Blanche says “Thousands and thousands of years have passed him right by, and there he is-Stanley Kowalski-survivor of the Stone Age!” This is a very powerful quote. It shows how Blanche has changed her opinion on Stanley and the meaning of the word animal. The word animal has gone from a word used to describe a drunken fool to an uncivilized animal. Towards the end of the play Stanley says “well he’s not going to marry her. Maybe he was, but he’s not going to jump in a tank with a school of sharks-now!” Stanley is talking to Stella about why Mitch didn’t show up for Blanche. He is talking about Blanche’s lies...
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...The Hays Code How Did it Cause the Movie, A Streetcar Named Desire, to be Changed From the Play Abstract This paper will address changes from the play, A Streetcar Named Desire, that were made in the production of the movie due to the regulations of the Hays Code. Specific changes will be discussed. The conclusion of the paper will address if the changes still allowed the movie to effectively convey the original theme of the play. The Hays Code How Did it Cause the Movie, A Streetcar Named Desire, to be Changed From the Play In the early 1900’s, movie producers began shocking audiences by portraying themes that were socially unacceptable to discuss in public at that time. Films of this era were not censored, but state and local boards made the determination of whether a film could be shown or not. If they deemed a film as “inappropriate”, they simply banned it. The film The Birth of a Nation was a catalyst to changes in this. This film was banned in the state of Ohio. The company that handled the distribution of this film sued the state claiming it was a violation of the due process clause and the First Amendment. This suit went to the United States Supreme Court as the case Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio (1915). In simple terms, the court ruled that films did not carry the same protections as books and other types of speech. (The Hays Code) This led to the creation of The Production Code of 1930, by Will H. Hays. This code became known...
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...[pic] Organisational Change Management in Stanley Works Introduction The change process of management in an organisation is not an easy task to implement and execute; especially, if the employee’s are already immune to the company’s existing organisational culture, practices, policies and standards. Waddell/Cummings & Worley (2011) cited in Lewin’s Change Process (2001) suggested that an evolutionary three phase theory would motivate people and cultivate newly acquired patterns of behaviour (Waddell/Cummings & Worley 2011). In addition, if the organisation is operating in diverse locations globally - the transition of change ideology to a state of equilibrium will be compounding. In this connection, the incumbent paper will discuss change of management implemented in Stanley Works Business Structure. The document will also contrast types of change adopted by Stanley works Australia (Andrews et al 2011 (p.1-7). representative of maintaining global competiveness and sustainability. The parent entity perspective will be highlighted and criticised as academic discussion to determine a structured adaptation of the four major components of the organisation; people, process, structure and technology utilised during transition. To improve the company’s ‘strength through structure’ the company’s performance would benefit from investing in collective intelligence, capability, competence and values, and in particular the adoption of a better marketing approach and methodologies...
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...Is Meg presented simply as a comic fool? In The Birthday Party, Pinter makes Meg a fool so that the audience can feel above her. The establishment of the audience’s feeling of superiority is, for me, best exemplified in the discourse between Meg and Petey: PETEY. ‘there’s a new show coming to the Palace….’No singing or dancing’. MEG. ‘What do they do then?’ PETEY. ‘They just talk (pause)’ MEG. ‘Oh’. This device ridicules Meg, as the audience obviously comprises a group of people who enjoy shows in which ‘they just talk’. Pinter therefore uses mockery of class and lack of intelligent understating as a comedic device with Meg. Pinter uses dramatic irony to push this, like Meg’s speech in Act 2, which confirms her naivety. This conforms to conventional clichés of the comedy genre, in which class and social aspects are frequently used. Studies have shown[1] that the middle class use comedy to assert social authority as a form of veiled snobbery, suggesting that Meg is simply a comic fool. However, I see Meg less as a simple source of humour but more as a moving representation of isolation. A lot of the humour when Meg is portrayed as a comic fool, and thus the conforming to the comic genre arises out of her general social awkwardness. The non-sequiturs and awkward pauses highlight her social ineptitude, contrasting deeply the mellow tones of Petey, like in the discourse: ‘PETEY: Yes, it gets light later in winter’, to which Meg replies simply ‘Oh. (Pause) What are you reading...
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...A Streetcar Named Desire Choose a play in which a central concern is clarified by the contrast between two characters.Discuss how the dramatist’s presentation of the contrast between the two characters adds to your understanding of this central concern. | * The theme of appearance versus reality is clarified by the differences between Blanche and Stanley. * Blanche represents illusion/false appearance – she tries to hide her past, her age. * Stanley represents reality – he is very honest and upfront about the type of person he is, he has no secrets. * They conflict throughout and finally Stanley crushes Blanche’s illusions (by revealing her secrets, confronting her about her lies and raping her) * Reveals the message of the theme – reality will win over illusion, you cannot live a lie. | Choose from a play a scene in which tension builds to a climax.Explain how the dramatist creates and develops this tension, and discuss the extent to which the scene has thematic as well as dramatic significance. | * Scene 10 (the rape scene) builds to a climax with tension being created through the conflict between Blanche and Stanley and the stage directions. * Blanche acts increasingly hysterical and irrational. * Stanley snaps after she calls him a swine and cruelly crushes her illusions, telling her she’s a liar. He becomes threatening and violent and eventually rapes her. * The menacing stage directions (sound, lighting, the streets of New Orleans) add to...
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... | | Stanley park brewery | |Business 120:Introduction to Marketing | | | |Wei Zhang, Cameron Fraser, Manni Brar | |11/25/2012 | Table of Contents The history of Stanley Park Brewery 2 SWOT Analysis: 3 Newswire.ca 6 Insidevancouver.ca 7 Goodlifevancouver.com 8 Target Market 9 Product Classification and Description. 10 Channels of the distribution 11 Promotional Strategies 13 Social Responsible Behavior 15 Recommendations 16 Appendix 18 Bibliography 19 The history of Stanley Park Brewery Stanley Park Brewery, which is actually based in Delta, has opened what may be Canada’s first sustainable brewery. A 110-foot- tall wind turbine provides the energy for the state-of-the-art complex, which uses less water and energy than a conventional brewery. The brewery’s somewhat confusing name refers to the original Stanley Park Brewery, which was established way...
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...Firmwide 360˚ Performance Evaluation Process at Morgan Stanley Case study Team no.2: Jana Baková Júlia Birčáková Eva Flaková Tomáš Szabo Martin Valdner 5th December 2005 CONTENTS The Firmwide 360˚ Performance Evaluation Process at Morgan Stanley 1 CONTENTS 2 Introduction 3 What is the 360˚ Performance Evaluation Process? 3 What is the problem? 5 Evaluation Criteria 5 Telling the truth / how to achieve correctness of the questionnaires? 5 Fighting for points 6 Possible solutions for our problems 7 Problem no. 1 – how to set evaluation criteria 7 Problem no. 2 – Telling the truth / how to achieve correctness of the questionnaires? 8 Problem no. 3 – Fighting for points 9 Conclusion 10 Introduction Morgan Stanley (MS) is a leading U.S. investment bank. It was founded in New York on the 5th September 1935 by Henry S. Morgan, and Harold Stanley. Since its inception it was transforming itself into a “One-firm company” under the leadership of John Mack (the president of Morgan Stanley since 1993). Morgan Stanley changed the presentation of itself towards its clients in a more unified way. Employees have become the main source that helps Morgan Stanley to achieve it. Organizations are changing fast - diversity is valued as a critical component of a business environment that encourages new and innovative approaches to accomplishing organization’s mission. Morgan Stanley has a target to be the best investment bank worldwide...
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...Summary Morgan Stanley was established in 1935, and in 1997 merged with retail brokerage firm Dean Witter Discover and Co. to become a global financial services organization that employed more than 53,000 people in over 600 countries including Australia. Institutional Securities, Asset Management, Retail Brokerage and Discover were the four segments of Morgan Stanley. The merger altered the working environment of Morgan Stanley and created a divide in employee acceptance of the Retail Brokerage segment. It did not integrate well with the firm partly due to the information systems being different to the rest of the company. Under CEO Philip Purcell’s management, Morgan Stanley’s infrastructure and systems did not grow with the needs of employees and customers, nor did it apply future technologies to their current systems, its focus was reducing overheads to maximize profits in the short term. Many brokers resigned, taking with them valuable portfolios and profits. In June 2005 Purcell resigned, and John Mack provided new leadership. The firm then began to change its information systems and provide better services for clients, which saw stronger ethos and integrity within the employees. The new leadership at Morgan Stanley instigated change, and the realization that the Company must grow to keep up with the competition in the financial services industry. Not only did technology need overhauling within all the segments, but management and organizational changes were also required...
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...360˚ Performance Evaluation Process at Morgan Stanley Case study Team no.2: Jana Baková Júlia Birčáková Eva Flaková Tomáš Szabo Martin Valdner 5th December 2005 CONTENTS The Firmwide 360˚ Performance Evaluation Process at Morgan Stanley 1 CONTENTS 2 Introduction 3 What is the 360˚ Performance Evaluation Process? 3 What is the problem? 5 Evaluation Criteria 5 Telling the truth / how to achieve correctness of the questionnaires? 5 Fighting for points 6 Possible solutions for our problems 7 Problem no. 1 – how to set evaluation criteria 7 Problem no. 2 – Telling the truth / how to achieve correctness of the questionnaires? 8 Problem no. 3 – Fighting for points 9 Conclusion 10 Introduction Morgan Stanley (MS) is a leading U.S. investment bank. It was founded in New York on the 5th September 1935 by Henry S. Morgan, and Harold Stanley. Since its inception it was transforming itself into a “One-firm company” under the leadership of John Mack (the president of Morgan Stanley since 1993). Morgan Stanley changed the presentation of itself towards its clients in a more unified way. Employees have become the main source that helps Morgan Stanley to achieve it. Organizations are changing fast - diversity is valued as a critical component of a business environment that encourages new and innovative approaches to accomplishing organization’s mission. Morgan Stanley has a target to be the best investment bank worldwide...
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...light of this statement, explore how Williams presents masculinity in the play. The men represented in the play are working class and are shown through two different constructs, Stanley and Mitch. Most working class men were immigrants from other countries, which entered America during the 1940s just like Stanley as he was from Poland. Many people who were originally from America at the time like Blanche did not agree with immigrants coming into America and felt they were more superior, you can see this is the play when Blanche refers to Stanley as a Polack. There was conflict during this period, which can be seen through the old working class and the new working class. Even though Stanley was Polack he felt offended by Blanche calling him this, he tries putting her into place by saying “I am the king around here so don’t forget it” This demonstrates he is very confident and knows he is superior than anyone especially Blanche. Stanley always wants to be in control and is very dominant and has no respect for women, not even his wife Stella. Readers wouldn’t of been shocked at the way Stanley acted as it was normal for the working class men to earn the money and provide for the wife and the wife stays at home and does all the house work and clears up after them. Blanche was surprised how Stanley treated Stella, Blanche then tries to change how Stella sees him, Blanche constantly criticizes him personally and Stella begins telling Stanley what to do like clean the dishes...
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...the society slowly gaining the rights other races have had all along. This is described as the New South where people are always intermingling in a diverse manner. People in the Old South speak exceptionally formal and precise, as opposed to the slang that has been picked up in the New South. There are many reasons that contrast just how different these two eras became. The decay of the old south is present in A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams. Blanche and Stella’s ancestors were wealthy plantation owners. In the old south majority of people were farmers. Although Blanche and Stella inherited everything from their ancestors, they didn’t have enough income to keep it all. They ended up selling all of it besides a small portion in which their ancestor’s graves laid. During the 1940’s in New Orleans, there is a constant theme of how society and class effects Americans in this era. A Streetcar Named Desire deals with these class differences in an abnormal way. At one point of view is a disappearing Southern belle that has outdated ideals about the upper class and those “beneath” her social class or rank. Neither Stanley nor Stella, put social class into concern when regarding their relationship. Both characters are exempt from their class boundaries all together. Since Stella is a southern belle and has qualities from the old South, its ideals almost seem as if it’s...
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...I was able to see how Blanche represented the South, and how Stella and especially Stanley in a way represented the, “New American Man and Woman.” Stanley represented the, “mans-man” and his character was very masculine. I feel that this story also represented the change in society from agriculture and plantation life to a more industrial life style. The way Blanche lived on Belle Reve was much different than how Stella and Stanley lived in New Orleans, but Belle Reve was gone and the, “Old way of life” was also slowly fading. I feel that this story was a great depiction of how the South’s transformation away from the plantation life affected the people. I felt that the movie captured even more of the interesting details about the story and displayed them for you. I felt that (Marlon Brando) Stanley was way hotter in the movie, and in the movie he is the epitome of a sexy man. I felt that the way he was wearing a tight shirt or sweating really illustrated how masculine he was, and was much different than the southern, “Gentleman” type. In the movie I felt that the characters obviously are able to embody more of their characteristics and show them. For example in the movie, Blanch had so many facial expressions, and she always spoke in a southern soft-spoken voice. Stella in the movie was very affectionate toward Stanley, and you could see by her looks at him and her body language that she was in love with him. At times I also found it interesting to see how aggressive Stella...
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