A Streetcar named desire

Blanche is very insecure about herself and this is one reason why she likes to block out all the light. She does not want to deal with who she really is and what she really looks like because she cannot live with it. She tries to live in her imagination world of 'glitter' and 'darkness'. A world her mind calls home. At the start of the play, Blanche throws a fit when Stella turns on the overhead light and has a good chance to see her. She exclaims that "Daylight never exposed so total a ruin! ". Blanche does the same thing to Mitch later on. She tells Mitch, "I bought this adorable little coloured paper lantern at a Chinese shop on Bourbon.

Brendon Gallacher

Loss is a key, reoccurring theme in my two poems of choice; ‘Brendon Gallacher’ and ‘Medusa. ’ ‘Brendon Gallacher’ is an affectionate elegy for an imaginary, eponymous childhood friend, ‘Medusa’ is a poem divided into stanzas of mostly equal length. Both poets use varying language to help the reader visualise the characters’ feelings and persona. Emptiness and loss are presented in both poems through numerous techniques including alliteration, imagery and refrain. There is a childlike quality to Jackie Kay’s elegy for the death of an imaginary friend. The persona uses simple language and a range of techniques such as colloquialism.