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 Elysian Fields By: Natasha Harley The Elysian Fields also known as Elysium are a part of Greek Mythology. Elysium is another word for paradise. In Elysium where fields of the pale liliaceous asphodel, and poplars grew, there stood the gates that led to the house of Ais. According to Greek mythology, it was “a beautiful meadow or plain” (“Elysian Fields”). It was considered the “Underworld” it was where the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous. The Elysian Fields lay on the western margin of the earth, by the encircling stream of Oceanus. There the mortal relatives of the king of the gods were transported, without dieing. This place is considered a paradisiacal land of plenty where the dead hoped to spend eternity.

Tennessee Williams By: Natasha Harley Tennessee Williams was an American playwright who received many of the top theatrical awards for his work. According to East Tennessee State University "Williams first professionally produced play, //Battle of Angels // , closed in 1940 because of poor reviews and a censorship controversy" ("Thomas Lanier Williams"). In 1947 he started writing the play "A Streetcar Named Desire" while living at 632 St. Peter Street. After he finished the play he moved to Key West, Florida, but while he was still in New Orleans, he fell in love with Frank Merlo. She was a second generation Sicilian American who had served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. In addition to kudos from critics, Williams held for many years the attention of audiences in America and abroad. By 1955 his reputation was firmly established; that year's Broadway production of //Cat on a Hot Tin Roof //  ran for 694 performances. He finally dies on February 24th 1983 from choking. New Orleans 1940 By: Natasha Harley New Orleans is located in Louisiana. A lot of huge events happened between the 1940's and the 1950's. During the early 1940's New Orleans was occupied by 494,537 people. During the 1950's New Orleans was the home to 570,445. In 1946 they elected a new mayor named, DeLesseps Morrison. According to the Department of History he described himself as "The mayor who saw the rise of political dictatorship in Louisiana and who help stamp it out" (Kurtz). He played a huge role because during his term the government integrated blacks into white schools. So his people depended on him to change this, yet there was nothing to be done about it, so they say they were "betrayed" by him.  Napoleonic Code By: Hilary Pepper and Natasha Harley The Napoleonic Code was originally established by Napoleon in 1804.The code was a French civil code that forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs go to the most qualified. Th article states that, "even though the Napoleonic code was not the first legal code to be established in a European country with a civil legal system, it was preceded by the Codex Maximilianeus bavaricus civilis"(Bavaria). This code was unique for the time, and it showed that it could work because other countries started giving there people more rights as time went on.

Belle Reve By: Hilary Pepper <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="color: #f9de1f; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">The Varsouviana Polka By: Hilary Pepper <span style="color: #f9de1f; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">The Varsouviana Polka happens to have a major part in the play, whenever Blanche thinks of her husband; this song always plays in her head. The song itself is always distorted and seems like it comes out of a horror movie; this sets the tension that the wife is going to have to live with for the rest of her life. Blanche and her husband have a lot of history surrounding them, for instance they are married. Things go well for a little while and then Blanche finds her husband cheating on her with another woman. As usual for the majority of husbands that get caught cheating on their wife, they deny it and then say that they were doing things that did not cross the line. Later on in the play Blanche’s husband says he is disgusted of her and proceeds to leave her and eventually go on and kill himself, (The significance of Music).

<span style="color: #25c2f4; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Tragedy By: Hilary Pepper <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">

<span style="color: #25c2f4; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Tragedy can be reffered to a form of art as well as a form of emotion that can be displayde throught art. Tradegy has been around for many centuries and started in the art form over 2500 years ago. There are many different types of tradegies. As Raymond Williams describes tragedy, "the Greek and the Elizabeths, in one cultural form; Hellenes and Christians, in another common activity"(Williams). The art form of tragedy is a very depressing mood that can be portrayed through many different types of art. Tragedy is also i mood that can be brought through depressing moments and depressing throughts. A long line of philosophers, which includes Plato, Aristotle, Saint Augustine, Voltaire, Hume, Diderot, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Freud, Benjamin, Camus, Lacan, and Deleuze have analysed, and speculated upon the tragic form. All people look and comprehend tragedy differently. Tragedy is something that has a personal effect on someone and is delt with on different levels.

<span style="color: #b600ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">Works Cited: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;">1. "Elysian Fields." <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;">Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;">. Web. <http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/gallery/elysian_fields_c.html>. 2. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">"Tennessee Williams." <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;">Wikipedia // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">. 8 January 2010. Web. 10 Jan 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Williams>. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="color: #b600ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #b600ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Kurtz, Michael. "Louisiana History." <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;">JSTOR // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">. 1976. Web. 10 Jan 2010. <http://www.jstor.org/pss/4231554>. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="color: #b600ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;">4. "Napoleonic Code." //Wikipedia//. 15 December 2009. Web. 11 Jan 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_code>. 5. "Tragedy." //Wikipedia//. 8 January 2010. Web. 11 Jan 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy>. 6. 7.