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    Steel Magnolias is the story of a close circle of friends whose lives come together. It starts out with a wedding that Shelby Field and Dylan Mcdermott were having but Shelby's mom is scared to death that Shelby may have a baby because if she does have a baby she could die because of this disease that she was born with.The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is about a group of women that form a friendship club in which the members call themselves Ya-Yas. It is a story about a mother and daughter

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    During the play Steel Magnolias, Robert Harling shows a portrait of women from the fictional town of Chinquapin that portrays the common, familiar, and nostalgic environment of a small town beauty salon during the 1980s. Encompassing not only the extensive range of female friendship, the play also covers the safe spaces for women and how men and women relate. Harling covers loss, love, strength, and family throughout this work that is so unextraordinary yet amazing at the same time, fully highlighting

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    Steel Magnolias is a classic comedy-drama between six fabulous women who go through and a short part of their life to creating love and happiness to each other while enduring pain and sorrow. The screenplay and playwright Robert Harling created a beautiful love touching story based on his sister and nephew to show others how strong and delicate women are and how supportive everyone was with them. The director of the 1989 movie Steel Magnolias, Herbert Ross took his production with producer Ray Stark

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    Steel Magnolias “Steel Magnolias” is a story about the close-knit relationships between six eccentric Southern women living in a small town in Louisiana. The film has a home spun, unpretentious feel to it. The plot alternates between humorous, everyday events with good-natured quips and the seriousness and heartaches to life’s unexpected crises. Through the laughs and tears, the six women learn to endure hard times and emerge from the struggles with grace and dignity. The film is set in the 1980’s

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    differences in age, values and beliefs, they form a close family with unbreakable bonds. Regardless of the circumstances, life goes on, as long as we have a family and friends, and a strong communication system, we can push through anything. Steel Magnolias” is a movie about relationships between six women that form an unbreakable bond. The movie takes place in Louisiana in the 1980s. (Ross, 1989) The majority of the movie takes place at the beauty salon owned by Truvy. Truvy has a happy-go-lucky

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    lifting other women up and essentially being there for one another instead of oppressing them. Women should not feel beaten down by other women considering they are all one in the same. The poem “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti and the film Steel Magnolias directed by Herbert Ross shows true sisterhood in which women come together and perform everything they can to assist other struggling women even when the people of society, including other females, are trying to sever their bonds. In the poem

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    The plan of the “Steel Magnolias” is an autobiography or a bond narrative. While a lot of the action occurs offstage, the on stage (Salon) is the culmination of the emotions generated by the action that takes place off stage. Shelby numerous challenges such her aspiration to become a pregnant besides her illness, breakdown of her health due to diabetes, and her conflicts with her mother takes place offstage. Annelle’s troubles with her husband, who is a villain, and pregnancy and remarriage follow

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    Steel Magnolias Theme

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    film incorporates. These four themes consist of sacrifice, competition, affliction, and choice. The first theme- sacrifice- is displayed by the woman having to either sacrifice herself or her children for the well-being for them all. In the film Steel Magnolias, one of the main protagonists M’Lynn made a sacrifice for her

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    The Movie steel of Magnolias is about six women that come together in this hilarious and heartwarming story of life, love and loss in a small Louisiana parish. At the center of the group is Shelby Eatenton, newly married and joyfully pregnant, despite the fact that her diabetes could make childbirth life-threatening. Terrified and angry at the possibility of losing her only daughter, M'Lynn Eatenton looks to her four closest friends for strength and laughter as she battles her deepest fear of death

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    Steel Magnolias is a great movie of love, laughter, and tears. It features six strong-willed woman who "are the Steel Magnolias of the tittle…” as Roger Ebert says. The women dealt with many set backs in life, but no matter what they kept their southern grace and charm in tact at all times. In the film one of the main set backs is Shelby, one of the “Steel Magnolias” (Julia Roberts), fighting with diabetes. Shelby’s diabetes is so bad she’s not supposed to have children due to the strains it would

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