This shows how jealousy in Othello relates to a modern day audience. ... This shows that Othello is relevant to a modern audience as many people experience the love he felt and how that love was tarnished Shakespeare was excellent at highlighting the noble characteristics of Othello by creating eloquent speech. ... Today's audience finds Othello a rounded character-he was not perfect and had flaws too-which makes the play much more enjoyable. ... Also a modern day audience can relate to this as most people will or may have already come across a person like this in their life that causes ...

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However to a modern audience, it is shocking how he speaks to her. ... Lysander uses flowing and romantic language, which suggests their love is 'perfect'. ... This reference to domestic violence may have been unquestioned by an Elizabethan audience, but this, and Helena's place, would make a modern audience uncomfortable. ... Those in love will face difficulty however perfect it seems, which is a point well illustrated by the characters in 'AMND'....

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Lady Brett as a "Modern Woman- "Brett was damned good-looking. ... Hemingway's condemnation of the "modern woman- is first exemplified when Cohn asks Brett to dance. ... Brett simply needs an anchor to hold her down and keep her in one place and Mike is the perfect person to fulfill this role for her. ... Sex and control are the most important things in a "modern woman's- life. Hemingway creates a character to have all the markings of a "modern woman."" ...

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• Grade Level: High School

One story takes place in the late 1930s, while the other takes place in modern day, the early 1990s. ... Their camaraderie, though unlikely, is almost perfect. ... Their lives are not perfect, but Fried Green Tomatoes shows what a difference it makes to have a dedicated friend who loves you unconditionally by your side in dire situations and in victorious times alike. ...

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As modern as romance is today, it is hard to fathom someone giving their parents the decision of whom they will spend their life and mate with. ... Friends team with other friends or partners in an attempt to conjure up a more perfect union between people they know. ...

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Literary Response: It is a modern poem written by a married woman, and every single word in the poem reveals her deep emotion inside about her husband and her family. She "hated" him, (he was not a perfect person, or he was like what he used to be) simply just because she loved him, and that was true love. ...

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Furthermore , Orlando , son of sir Rowland de Bois and the love interest of Rosalind , searches for his concept of the perfect woman and attempts to woo his love by poetry and confessing what to the presumed Ganymede. ... As examined by many modern day critics, Rosalind's alter egos suggest extremely provocative undertones. ... Orlando is obsesses with the idea of a perfect woman. ... He is so determined to obtain the perfect woman that he will turn to anyone to fulfill his fantastical dream . ...

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Love and marriage- in today's modern sense when we think of a wedding we often associate these two terms together. ... Views of marriage and social class in the society of nineteenth century England were very different from views in modern American society. ... In our modern sense, the way that this book deals with marriage and courtship seems foreign and unbelievable to us. ... Pip dreams of one day marrying her and perfecting his station in life. ...

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In what ways can a modern audience respond to Shakespearean presentation of the two couples in Much Ado About Nothing? ... Beatrice and Benedick could be looked upon as a more 'modern? ... The love presented in Much Ado is realistic and critical, the romantic heroes are not perfect. ... This is a popular interoperation with modern critics also. ... I disagree with this as even to a modern audience the talk of clothes is not unnatural and even supports her good taste and modesty. ...

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As a paradox to this perfect love Donne introduces the second type of love. ... In a modern society, this would be seen as To portray his ideas on salvation Donne uses secular metaphors paradox and alliteration. ...

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Viola has to disguise herself in order to work, which is in modern times illegal. ... (Bloom, 238) Malvolio as a character seems worthy of high praise in all aspects, especially as he is a perfect example of a character's role in the Twelfth Night theme. ... (Readings, 151) Malvolio has all the characteristics of the perfect antagonist in the story; "He is the force that can ruin the celebration of all that is good and refined and joyful in Elizabethan society."" ...

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Despite the fact that this was profoundly unconventional in the time, it shows how much society has evolved, as it has been known to happen in more modern times. ... In an aim to show how men and women alike think, Blanche Farley has successfully displayed a perfect example of human nature. ... Despite the fact that the authenticity of the love expressed is questionable at times, it cannot be denied the fact that the modern times, as well as any other time is where romance is most recognizable, that it is the deepest form of expression of one's feelings for another. ...

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Laertes on the surface is protecting his sister from a romantic relationship with a brooding prince, however some modern audiences have interpreted this dialogue as Laertes not wanting his sister Ophelia to fall into the arms of Hamlet so he can have her to himself. ... "Lawrence's use of "intimate"" suggests more than just motherly love, however this would only have been interpreted as such by a more modern audience. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His goals possess the unique traits present in the old American Dream - to achieve a perfect life but through hindsight, we can see that his dream was unattainable due to one factor; his love for Daisy was not returned mutually by her. His dreams possess the traits of the old American dream but are lost when he attempts to fulfill the dream with a modern face. ...

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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 idea. ... Whoso List to hunt' is a love poem in a very traditional sense, full of melancholic longing, which I believe may appear slightly adolescent to a modern reader. ...

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Cummings was among the first to question modern America, and at the same time, create a unique writing style that would later distinguish him among the greatest writers in history. ... Although these protests against war seem typical in our modern society, Cummings" ideas were radical during the early 20th century. To put Cummings in the same list as Plato and Jesus might seem extreme, and almost blasphemous to some, but his work in "plato told" cleverly uses traditional thought to mark him as a revolutionary thinker against traditional culture before most writers of modern time. ... Wh...

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"A nervous romance" Annie Hall is a film about a modern romance, a "nervous romance", as the marketing of the film puts it. ... Alvy is suffering from the modern disease of neurosis. ... Walter Benjamin, a twentieth century theorist of modernity, argued that a poem written by Charles Baudelaire describing his fleeting encounter with a beautiful woman in the street, typified modern life. ... Any romance of the city is drowned in the everyday, wearying business of living in a modern metropolis. ... The contrast, indeed conflict between, old-time romance and the confusions and complexities of wh...

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Born into a middle class mining family, D.H Lawrence grew up in the environment that was surrounded and supported by the coalmines. His father was a coal miner in the nearby mine. His mother was a schoolteacher that had retired when she started having a family. The family that Lawrence grew up in ...

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As the film is set in modern-day India, it promotes the contemporary belief that once you find true love, everything will fall into place. In our day-to-day lives, modern day media constantly portray this belief that we are all destined for unrelenting love, overlooking many of the sacrifices and consequences. ... This begs the question – is it ever possible to attain the perfect love, or is perfection in love really an illusion? ...

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It is obvious that they are not truly in love but they are married because their social standings make them perfect for one another. ... This parallels modern society's rootlessness and accompanying corruption of the American Dream....

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The two poems are set nearly a century and half apart. Despite this, the poems have very similar occurrences. The poems are both about the differences of commitment between boys and girl in relationships, and the abuse they receive from neighbours and local people. The reader must note that the poet...

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The description makes Pip's form not perfect but I feel the character's reality and understand the two kinds of contradictory run into each other fiercely in the course of Pip's growing up. Furthermore, there are many strong points in the hero's thinking and behavior, which is rare in the modern society. ...

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"I dreamt I went to Manderley again." (Dumarier 2) is the famous opening line to the classic novel Rebecca. Right from the beginning Dumaurier builds up the mystery of Manderley by showing a conflict between the way the main characters live now verses how they remember the tragic events of the past...

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From the tragic, frequently sacrificial and forbidden love of the ancient Greek times to more modern themes, love has always had a place in the written history of our cultures. ... Clearly he wants to be left alone to enjoy what pleasures he can with his new wife, and wants everything to be perfect. ...

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Humanism and Renaissance Europe: A Transition into the Self Throughout The Middle Ages, European society gradually progressed with minor advancements and various developments in religion, while simultaneously experiencing a number of international calamites. The Hundred Year's War between Engla...

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