Just how it changed their lives is what I'm planning to explain. The first question I asked to myself was how the view on women changed after the reformation. ... » The above passage was written by Luther at the age of forty-two. ... But on the contrary, women found in the Bible itself, passages which suggested that they were equal to men. ... This was the next question I tried to answer. ...

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I want her in bed with me. ... In her relationship with Pyle she shows how willing she is to sell herself. ... While never directly said it can be inferred from the passage where Pyle recognizes Phuong's footsteps and the passage where the two look as if they have just parted from kiss. ... He sees her lack of pain from the loss of Pyle and questions if he was " the only one who really cared for Pyle?' ... In Miss Hei's first meeting with Pyle the only thing she is interested in is how much money and authority he has in the United States. ...

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At the point in the novel when this passage was presented, George Eliot has established numerous ideals of English provincial life in the 1830's. ... As alluded to in the above passage, Eliot examines male and female relationships and the role that both sexes played during courting and marriage. ... He is uninterested in marital bliss or even how he can contribute to his wife's happiness. ... Dorothea starts to question the idea of an investment marriage' and admits that her marriage is not what she hoped for. ... For example, once married, "How was it that in the weeks sin...

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The Lady With The Dog In the beginning of the story, Chekhov begins with the simple line, "It was said that a new person had appeared on the sea-front - This passage shows that the local residents of Yalta have discovered an outsider, a person they know nothing about. ... The character of the sly womanizer, Dmitri Gurov, also asks these questions. ... "When he was in the company of women he felt free, and knew what to say to them and how to behave; and he was at ease with them even when he was silent."" ... Gurov did not know how to handle long complicated relationships that took work to mai...

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Near the beginning of the story, Aziz is having dinner with Hamidullah and other guests; he takes some time in the spotlight to quote poetry. ... Even with his "flaws", he breaks the conventional stereotypical English view of the average Indian man. When Adela questions the reasons to marry Ronny and decides to confide in Aziz for help, she considers the stereotype that many "Mohammedans" usually have multiple wives. She asks Aziz how many wives he has and he takes offense to this. ... When Aziz received an opportunity to reunite with Fielding. ...

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By analizing her relationship with Cassio, it seems as though Bianca really wanted to have some sort of relationship with him. ... Bianca begins to question Cassio about his whereabouts. ... How is't with you, my most fair Bianca? ... How could Bianca of all people have the nerve to question someone's loyalty,whenit is her lack of loyalty that earns her money.The relationship between Bianca and Cassio is purely physical. ... By just reading this short passage, you can tell the kind of character Shakespere intended for Emilia to be. ...

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Tony, the last child was protected and raised mostly by his mother with the help of Ultima, a sickly friend who came to live with the family. ... He wondered how his father could take communion knowing he had been an accessory to Lupito's death. He also wondered how his father could value his former lifestyle more than his wife and family's ideals. ... He was eager to learn the Catholic prayers and take communion classes to gain the rite of passage of communion. ... Facing many spiritual questions, and confused by the Catholic religion, Tony turned to Ultima for guidance. ...

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This is yet another example of how the power of authority can direct actions of people which they dictate. ... This sudden, irrational passage of love was all caused by the irresponsibility of the fairies and their special powers. ... Oberon had learnt by some questions he asked Puck (a fellow Fairy), that he had applied the love-charm to the wrong persons eyes (lysander). ... Helena is in deep love with Demetrius, the king who Egeus wants to exchange vows with Hermia. ... Power adds direction to the lovers conflicts and passages....

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Madame is surprised at how the child, a boy, has grown. ... His happiness makes Desiree happy, for she is deeply in love with him. ... As master of the L'Abri plantation, he is a strict taskmaster who treats the slaves harshly "so much so, the narrator says, that the "negroes had forgotten how to be gay." ... Although his manner softens after the child is born, his demeanor remains in question. ... Come with your child." ...

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One of the major themes of the book is how very critical it was for a woman to find a husband. ... This one small passage speaks volumes in explaining the actions of Charlotte. ... Charlotte's union with Mr. ... Collins character is also called into question. ... Collins integrity and self-respect into question. ...

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The strong imagery Shakespeare uses in this passage shows the near hate of Hamlet towards his mother. ... Hamlet illustrates the love he has for his deceased father, and then wonders the question "Must I remember?" ... Hamlet uses the idea of tears to show how shortly his mother mourned. ... How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world! ... O, most wicked speed, to post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets! ...

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One need only consider the married people one knows who have been divorced for years, and everyone realizes it but the couple in question. ... Divorce is a time of withdrawal and the necessary solitude is best fortified with the illusion of uniqueness. It is a rite of passage and in our tribe these are best experienced in the desert and alone, like a vision quest. ... And though that may not be the truth, that is how it will appear to a young person. ... Note how Mark 10:11 reads: "...Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. ...

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The studies of past cultures is a good place to start to answer questions about societies and cultures today, and to bridge together the gap between the past and present, and maybe even predict where we are headed in the future. ... Digs have uncovered many clues about the origin of man, and how we can more accurately trace our lineage back to a common ancestor. ... It is interesting to examine how the mechanisms of evolution shape the cultures and species over the passage of time, especially natural selection and the law of competitive isolation. ... In other societies, descent determines how...

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They are literally the gaps which have been formed between the wall, and he nor the neighbor know how they were made. ... (pg. 28 l. 14,15) But the spring inside of the narrator causes him to question "What [he] was walling in or walling out/ And to whom [he] was like to give offence". ... Magoon is being lead to the room, he goes "down a narrow passage of doors".... The poem "Home Burial" deals with this destruction of a marital relationship. ... The idea of being open with each other is evident in this poem. ...

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From that day on, her honor and disgrace, the sacrifice to her after her death had nothing to do with her parents' family any more. ... For instance, the boy's parents will meet the girl, or the girls parents meet with the boy. ... Some TV programs enable young people to choose their "the other half" through playing games and answering each other's questions. ... On the Tian Du Peak of the Huangshan Mountain in central China, there is an astounding view that thousands of locks tied on to the safety chains of the passage way, they are called the lock of love. ... Theref...

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