Jessica Tandy

The Glass Menagerie - Amanda Wingfield If there is a signature character type that marks Tennessee -Williams’s dramatic work, it is undeniably that of the faded Southern belle. Amanda is a clear representative of this type. In general, a Tennessee Williams faded belle is from a prominent Southern family, has received a traditional upbringing, and has suffered a reversal of economic and social fortune at some point in her life. Like Amanda, these women all have a hard time coming to terms

Alfred As The Master Of Suspense In The Climbing Frame Scene In The Film The Birds 'The Birds' is a film made in the 1960's based on the short story 'The Birds' by Daphne Du Maurier. The film was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, a British born director who is known for other tense, suspense filled films such as 'Psycho' and 'Vertigo'. Due to the extensive special effects of the film, it took three years to make. During the film Hitchcock created several suspense filled, tense

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 thriller, The Birds, is known as an apocalyptic masterpiece. Advertising campaigns screamed, “The Birds is Coming” to entice the people into watching the movie. The reason for birds all of species flocking together to kill and to cause chaos still goes unknown today. Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor star in this disastrous horror film that throws the viewer for a loop at the end of all the slaughtering and disorder in a small ordinary town in California. Through choosing a specific

“Free as a bird. It’s the next best thing to be… What ever happened to the life we once knew? Always made me feel so free!” This song, by the Beatles, shares the well known idea of being free as a bird. Since the beginning of time, mankind has wondered what it would feel like to fly, to travel around the world, and to be free. Humans have idolised the talents of birds for this reason. They can go wherever, whenever, and always seem happy soaring through the sky at their own leisure. While birds used

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas In the novel, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, the author uses the plot to change the main character, Bruno. At the start of the novel, Bruno is a 9 year old boy currently living in Berlin, Germany. Many events take place throughout the novel showing us a different Bruno each time an event happens making him mad, happy and confused. The three major events that lead to the changes we see in him are: leaving Berlin, meeting Shmuel, and going under the fence to help

Psychologists have suggested the idea that correlation does not imply causation. In The Birds, viewers find themselves unable to identify the purpose or the cause for the birds’ attacks. Hitchcock does not want us to know the answers either, since Hitchcock marvels at his ability to make viewers question his films and struggle at truly enjoying without fully understanding them. Although this essay cannot find a cause for the attacks in the town or to the characters that seem to be innocent like the

In Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, usually tame birds seem to attack people at random. These bird attacks cause fear in the town, but could the fear be causing the attacks? Sever emotional turmoil or desires of the characters in the movie are the cause of the bird attacks. Melanie, Mitch, and Lydia’s inner havoc is shown through the bird attacks. The first bird attack occurs when Melanie is on the water and the seagull flies into her head. This seagull represents Mitch’s confusion about his feelings

In the articles “The Great Bird Poop Disaster" and "How to Solve the Problem of Bird Poop" both by Anna Starecheski. It talks about how there is a huge problem with birds coating our cities and streets is gooey, slippery piles of white and black poop, but is there a solution of some of the maney problems caused by this epidemic. In the article “The Great Bird Poop Disaster” it talks about how there are a lot of problems that are caused by bird poop, one is that it has acid in it so it is corrosive

The Runaway Bird I stood there looking in through the bars on the cage, watching the birds fly around their cage. I rested my hands on one of the metal bars on the cage as I watched my favorite bird, Sky , she was the bird I got for my 12th birthday that year. Sky was a bird with blue feathers and white areas on its stomach that looked like clouds. I loved to watch the birds play with each other. I was aloud to hold them but I was not aloud to take them out of the cage without an adult around And

In this story, we find our friend the Pigeon in a new adventure. This time, he wants a puppy so badly that he tries to convince us that he is a true puppy lover. He promises to take care of him, provide him with plenty of sunshine and water, play with him, and even ride him! After he throws one of his famous tantrums, his dream comes true and a puppy appears. However, the Pigeon soon discovers that he may not be a puppy lover after all. The new puppy is huge, with teeth, lots of hair, claws, and