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=Tennessee Williams= By Cody Woody

Thomas Lanier Williams, or as others know him as, Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright who received many prestigious awards for his work. Williams as born March 26, 1911 and passed away on February 25, 1983. Throughout his life he would accomplish many great feats and write many great plays. Williams moved to New Orleans in 1939, and changed his name to Tennessee because of the place of his father's birth. He began to write the play //A Streetcar Named Desire// when he was living in New Orleans and later finished it in Key West, Florida, where he moved in the mid 1940's. One of the awards Tennessee Williams won was the Pulitzer award. He won this award for his amazing play A Streetcar Named Desire.

"Tennessee Williams - //About Tennessee Williams | American Masters// |." //PBS//. Web. 11 Jan.
=**Elysian Fields**= By Cody Woody

The Elysian Field is from Greek mythology. According to the Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology, “But part of him had come not from his father Zeus but from his mortal mother Alcmene, and that part was sent to the Underworld. As a phantasm it eternally roams the Elysian Fields in the company of other heroes” (Elysian Fields). This quote is relating to Zeus's son and where he would go when he died. The Fields was the final resting place of souls of the heroic virtuous. According to Homer, "the dreamed apparition of the dead Patroclus in the Illiad and the more daring boundary-breaking visit in Odyssey".

//Elysian Fields//. Britannica Encylopedia. Web. 10 Jan. 2010. =New Orleans 1940-1950= By Cody Woody

During the 1940s attention turned to New Orleans itself, rather than cities where New Orleans players had settle. Partly this was a search for what a band of dedicated but disparate enthusiasts believed was the authentic jazz played by musicians who had ever by choice left the city for the bright lights and big dollars of the North” (Crozier). New Orleans is located in Louisiana and has much history behind it, whether it is their culture and choice of music, to their horrible years for football, New Orleans has much to people can go there and learn about.

Crozier, Hugh, and Brian Harvey. "New orleans Jazz." The Ken Colyer Trust Website. Eds. Martin Colyer and Mark Pringle. Ken Colyer Trust, n.d. Web. 6 Jan. 2010. =**Napoleonic Code**=

By Max Cerrillo
The Napoleonic Code was a set or laws that Napolean had set on France in the early 1800's. There were previous laws that were different in each French Province. Napolean wanted all of France to have the same laws throughout the country. There were laws about religion, taxes, education, newspapers and just almost everything that had to do with all of France. Napolean's goal for this new set of laws was to allow every person in France to be equal. Napolean was the one person who had created all of these laws and had authorities working for him advise that they were being followed by the people. A lot of people did not like all the rules that Napolean had created for them, and when Napolean would hear about the dislikes in the newspaper, he shut down a lot of papers because of their criticism. Still today, a lot of his laws are bing used in countries in Europe.

Moore, Richard. "Code Napolean : Civil Code : Napolean Bonaparte. //"Napolean Bonaparte: Civil Code or Code Napolean//. Web. 05 Jan. 2010.

=**Belle Reve**= = =

By Max Cerrillo
In French, Belle Reve means beautiful dream. That dream could be the perfect vision that someone has for themself. It could be the perfect situation for someone else. In the play, A Streetcar Name Desire, Blanche's home is the Belle Reve in Mississippi. Her family ends up losing that home in the play. She had tried doing whatever she could in order to keep the home, but to no prevail, she ended up losing it. Blanche ends up blaming someone else for the loss of her family's home. In the play she tries hard to get the house back but does not succeed in doing so.

Cummings, Michael J. //A Streetcar Named Desire.// Michael J. Cummings, 2004. Web. 10 Jan. 2010.

=**The Varsouviana Polka**= == By Max Cerrillo

The Varsouviana Polka was the song heard a lot throughout the play. It was the last song that the main character, Blanche and her husband had danced to in the play. Before that dance, Blanche had walked in on her husband and one of his old friends in bed together. During the dance, Blanche had told her husband that she was disgusted by him. After that dance, Blanche's husband, Allen Grey, had gone and killed himself. Everytime throughout the play where Blamche thinks of how her husband died, this polka plays. In the play it is a sad song that brings back only worse memories to Blanche. She feels like it was all her fault that her husband had killed himself

//A Streetcar Named Desire//. Sparknotes. 2009. Web. 10 Jan. 2010.

=**Tragedy **=

By Max Cerrillo
When thinking of tragedy many think of one's downfall. They may also think of sorrow felt for one person. Tragedy has been a type of writing ever since the 17th century. One of the best at writing a tragedy was William Shakespeare. He had writtne Romeo and Juliet, and Othello. Both plays ended in the death of people because of love. Love is another part of tragedy because sometimes love causes people to do crazy things that may end with people dieing. Another part is revenge. When something bad happens to a person, they may want to have revenge and do harm to another person because of it.

Shingler. "Tragedy." Tragedy Lecture. Period 3 Senior Composition. Lecture.