When Othello questions her, we again see her strong sense of devotion, pleading for his trust rather than vehemently defending herself. ... She is a less intellectual character, one who relies upon her sense of intuition. ... Let husbands know their wives have sense like them. ... Desdemona and Othello truly love each other, while Emilia, although bearing no sense of hatred towards him, has never actually loved Iago. Although she possesses the common sense to educate Desdemona of the interactions between married people, she is unaware of Iago's villainous character and is similarly unsusp...

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When Othello questions her, we again see her strong sense of devotion, pleading for his trust rather than vehemently defending herself. ... She is a less intellectual character, one who relies upon her sense of intuition. ... Let husbands know their wives have sense like them. ... Desdemona and Othello truly love each other, while Emilia, although bearing no sense of hatred towards him, has never actually loved Iago. Although she possesses the common sense to educate Desdemona of the interactions between married people, she is unaware of Iago's villainous character and is similarly unsusp...

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In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour", and "Rope", many of the major conflicts revolve around problems within a relationship or marriage. ... A less analogous situation takes place in Sense and Sensibility amid Elinor Dashwood and Edward Ferrars. In spite of family intercessions and prior obligations, they find each other, and their relationship results in marriage with common exultation. ... Although this solution is one that is very common today, it was very rare and innovative for the time Chapin wrote this story. ...

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He highlights something in common in each of these stories, that is the inconstancy of love. ... A common theme Carver's stories had were dysfunctional communication leads into violence of relationships that destroys their love. ... How does that make sense? ... I chose this passage because as the same as the past passages the thing the have in common is that miscommunication in between these couples. ... Carver gave me a new sense of reading literature and understanding love in a way I would have never thought....

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Being in love gives a sense of completeness, makes one feel as if nothing else is needed in order to survive. ... Love can also strengthen a "tie" or "bond" that you may have with someone, in a sense that you have that much more in common. ...

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Commitment is responsibility and loyalty which is easier maintained with commonality or a shared value system, attitude about life, traditions, customs, ethics, religion, and morals. ... With a close friend, you know that you have common interest and similar views, you trust and understand each other, and you care about and like each other. ... Although other factors like a good personality, attractiveness, a sense of humor and other such traits are factors that contribute to a desirable mate I hold firm that love and commitment are absolutely necessary. ...

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Love is defined as "A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness."(Dictionary.com) "Falling in love" is a common metaphor used in society and may be interpreted both negatively and positively depending on the person's definition of the word "falling". ...

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Somehow they have come to the conclusion that even though they have few interest and values in common. ... Self-esteem has two interrelated aspects: a sense of personal efficacy and a sense of personal worth. ... When a person reaches there twenties the decision to marry is common. ... Some of the people he quoted did not make sense to me but this is the only thing I honestly say I did not like about this book....

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In the second quatrain, the persona speaks of each of his senses being displeased by his lover-- "Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted, Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone, Nor taste, nor smell - None of the persona's senses are pleased-- not by the sound of her voice, or her "taste- and "smell,"" or is she stimulating his sense of touch. ... In reality, not every person is the apple of perfection, and this quatrain gives the reader a sense of earthly and more practical qualities. ... In lines 1-2 "But my five wits nor my five senses can Dissuade one foolish hea...

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The play is based around 3 main characters, Blanche the older sister who is like the belle of the ball, Stella the younger sister who left home and got married, and Stella's' husband Stanley, a 'common man'. ... Without a doubt you felt the characters heartache, and at the end giving a wrenching portrayal of Blanches complete lost sense of reality. ... At times you get the sense of righteousness as he weeds out the truth about Blanche. ... The downcast lighting played well with Blanches desire to hide her real age and play to her sense of never being truly seen in the spot...

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These lines compare love and songs, which both have in common in some ways and also have their differences. 1Sometimes with one I love I fill myself with rage for fear I 2effuse unreturn'd love, 3But now I think there is no unreturn'd love, the pay is 4certain one way or another, 5(I loved a certain person ardently and my love was not 6return'd, 7Yet out of that I have written these songs.) 1This line of the poem is trying to tell people that love doesn't always bring love and happiness but it can also bring fear in people that they could have between the bo...

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Aware of his publicized infidelity through her neighbour Donna, Annabelle felt somewhat intimidated by him in a sexual sense. ... They indulge in intercourse numerous times, and in a sense, fall in love. ... She lashes out saying: "I can't be pushed around like some common-" Slut was the word on her tongue, but she wasn't about to give Allen that too." ...

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The Force of Love Love has both positive and negative effects. It can help people overcome differences, but it is so powerful it can also diminish a person's judgment skills. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, an important theme is that love affects people's actions. As soon as Romeo...

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To most of us it may seem pretty common to cry at a funeral or to tell a significant other that we love them or to sayDoes that dog really deserve to be yelled at like that?... The only part of Meursault's life that may be considered common is that he is an individual who works in an office and relaxes with is off time. ... He should have had a little more common sense than to write a love letter to a woman, he does even know, and then listen while Raymond beats her. ... Salamano is insecure about himself and yelling at his dog gives him some kind of satisfaction or sense of power. ...

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One of the most widely read novels of the twentieth century, Sons and Lovers, which Lawrence wrote in 1913, produces a sense of Bildungsroman1, where the novelist re-creates his own personal experiences through the protagonist in (Niven 115). ... I like my common people the best. I belong to the common people" (Lawrence 250). ...

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Two of the most common eating disorders are bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa. ... Psychologists believe that passionate love originated in the bond between mother and infant and that maternal and romantic love share a common evolutionary purpose, preserving the species. ... Another factor in this decision making process is what you have in common; similarities. ... The two most common, and obvious, motives include for pleasure and intimacy. ... One reason is because aggtressive men are usually unable to have compassion towards women and feel a sense of entitlement. ...

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In these particular lines he used the simile to help us have a sense of purpose in what he's writing about. ... His poem and the things he is comparing them to may have little things in common, but then the simile becomes more imaginative for the reader. ...

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Friends In life one may come across many people. Some will hate and while others will adore. The ones who hate can be referred to as enemies and the ones who show adoration will be called friends. People may say the word friends is to broad. In the opinions of many, there are three types of friends....

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It is perhaps one of the most painful experiences you can go through in life. What am I talking about? Well, breaking up during the festive season, with so much of love all around you this can be a tough patch to undergo. What with that family dinner around the corner where everyone sits with his or...

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Characteristics are a main component of who we are, part of a person's makeup," so to speak, and people have allowed their judgment to become clouded. Why? I don't know". Societies have come to be increasingly superficial. A great deal of this has to do with the lack of common sense and cultivated w...

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One of her main findings was that women base their friendships on intimacy, emotional support and nurturance, while the typical man builds friendships with other men who share interest in a common activity. ... With sexual attraction being such a strong factor in heterosexual friendships between the opposite-sex, it makes sense why platonic friendship may not be able to work as well as in same-sex friendships. ... Men are expected to be strong and masculine, so to fulfill this requirement, they often build friendships based upon common factors such as sports, drinking, or even their love of w...

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"Levin really could not bear her and despised her for the very thing she was proud of and regarded as a merit, that is, her nervousness and refined contempt and disregard for all the rough and common things of life" (Maude, 49). ... By telling the reader that the Countess dislikes rough and common things it also points out in stronger contrast her difference from Levin who appreciates the more basic aspects of life. ... ""Something out of the common has happened to him," thought the Countess Nordston, scrutinizing his stern and serious face; "why does he not start on one of his disc...

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Discuss Representations of Love In One or More Poems Read in Class Many different poets throughout history have represented love, perhaps the most common subject matter chosen in poetry, in many different ways, and many of these ideas certainly do not conform to what the current generation would consider love', mostly due to the advent of sexual equality and equal rights. The poem To his Coy Mistress' written by Andrew Marvell is a perfect example of this, and clearly shows the opinion of love from his time period, although it is not possible to tell if it was the most common ...

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Does this mean that Paul values intellect over sense? ... Apart from the piano they had little in common. ... Crabbe were always happy together, something bound them together - some deeper language held in common. ... The only real thing they had in common was music and their libido but somehow they came to love each other and live happily ever after. ...

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A common interpretation of the work of the 19th century poetess, Christina Rosetti, is that her work is depressing, morbid and highly pessimistic. ... This image which appeals to the sense of sound and also to basic human compassion is very striking as it is clear that there continue to be more victims of the "broadening darkness", which represents in this poem something which has destroyed a genuine and lively love. ...

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