Bright light, therefore, represents Blanche's youthful sexual innocence, while poor light represents her sexual maturity and disillusionment. One of the play's most consistent visual motifs is the contrast between light and dark, often in terms of night/day imagery. This contrast is not given a particular metaphoric meaning?light is not always good, and dark is not always evil...
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This contrast is not given a particular metaphoric meaning?light is not always good, and dark is not always evil. On the contrary, light and dark are generally used to provide a sensory contrast and to hint at opposed alternatives. One of the more important instances of this motif is Romeo's lengthy meditation on the sun and the moon during the balcony scene, in which Juliet, metaphorically described as the sun, is seen as banishing the "envious moon" and transforming the night into day...
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"More light and light, more dark and dark our woes". Bright light, therefore, represents Blanche's youthful sexual innocence, while poor light represents her sexual maturity and disillusionment. One of the play's most consistent visual motifs is the contrast between light and dark, often in terms of night/day imagery...	2 / 437
Macbeth: Symbolism i. 19), symbolizes Lady Macbeth's fear of darkness or evil. The image of blood plays an important role in the event of Duncan's murder. It represents Macbeth's guilt and shame about the horrific crime...	2 / 496
A Streetcar Named Desire She did it because she felt it would fill her empty heart. She did not want to tell Mitch because she wanted him to respect her. Blanche was very careful to hide her looks too...	3 / 720
WHY IS MITCH'S REJECTION OF BLANCHE LIKE A DEATH SENTENCE FOR HER They also discover that they have both experienced the death of a loved one. As part of her prim-and-proper act, Blanche repeatedly rejects Mitch's physical affections...	2 / 464
A discussion of the usefulness of official crime statistics and other types of crime information. For example, even when an incident is reported to the police it will not count as a crime unless the police record it as such. This is reflected by the 1994 British Crime Survey estimating that 40 per cent of offences reported to the police were not recorded (Mayhew et al...	8 / 2096
They are, however, greatly criticised and do not provide a complete picture when looking at crime for many reasons; court and police data are the only sources, providing a limited basis to draw educated conclusions...	9 / 2308
To what extent to victimization surveys give a clear measurement of crime (Maguire, 2002) The British crime survey has now become an annual survey in order to attempt to give a more accurate image of crime levels; it is being used in specific policing areas to help improve performance...	4 / 1120