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What are the effects of the contradictory elements in the behavior of Blanche and Stella in Tennessee William's A Street Car Named Desire and of the Antigone and Ismene in Sophocles's Antigone?  

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What are the effects of the contradictory elements in the behavior of Blanche and Stella in Tennessee William's A Street Car Named Desire and of the Antigone and Ismene in Sophocles's Antigone? Ali Abdullah Man is an embodied paradox, a bundle of contradiction1. The behavior of human beings and their characters depends on how their psychological environment is. It also depends on the way they perceive the world around them. This can be clearly seen in both the plays namely A Street Car Named Desire and Antigone. Blanche and Stella as well as Antigone and Ismene, although brought up in their respective families, turn out to be completely opposite from each other in terms of social behavior. Right from the start it is shown by that Antigone tries to persuade Ismene. She is portrayed as having a strong character and has a lot of tries to influence her sister....

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