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Representation of class values and conflicts in A Streetcar Named Desire
Explores how Tennessee Williams has portrayed the upper class and lower class in his play A Streetcar Named Desire, with Blanche representing the old Southern upper class and Stanley representing the...

Importance of props and stage directions in A Streetcar Named Desire
Explores how Tennessee Williams has made use of props and stage directions in this play to provide the audience insight into Blanche’s character and psychological state as well as develop her chara...

How does Blanche DuBois represent the upper class in A Streetcar Named Desire?
This essay explores how Blanche Dubois is a representative of the old, Southern, aristocratic upper classes. It draws a contrast between Stanley Kowalski, a lower class industrial worker, and Blanche ...

Essay: Discuss the political impact of the Great Depression on Argentina.
Essay discussing the political impact of the Great Depression on Argentina. Marked as level 6 in IB. Word Count: 930

The Handmaid's Tale (IOC)
Written draft of a practice IOC (oral commentary) regarding the ceremony scene in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. In dept analysis of chosen quotes which are directed towards proving the the...

Cuban Missile Crisis
About the Cuban Missile Crisis, the tension generated and historians views on the crisis. 6 pages - 1071 words.

Why was Germany a source of tension? (Cold War)
Describes why Germany was a source of tension during the Cold War. 3 pages - 650 words.

Containment of Communism in Asia.
Containment of communism in Asia during the Cold War. Discusses containment in Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam. Includes a brief timeline of events which occurred during the Cold War (in relation to ...

Essay: Compare and contrast the First and Second New Deals.
Word Count: 1734. An essay which compares and contrasts the First and Second New Deals introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1900s.

The Korean War
Word Count: 1417. Discusses briefly all key areas regarding the Korean war as well as American and Soviet/Chinese involvement in it. Some topics explored are: NSC-68, McCarthyism, Course of the Korea...