Firstly, the societal attitudes and ideals towards marriage differ vastly in these two periods. In Pygmalion, which had been created in the context of the late 19th century, marriage had moreso of being seen as an economic relationship in which women were dependent on their husbands for financial sustenance. ... However, in Pretty Woman, which is created in the context of the late 20th century, the marriage ideals of Pygmalion had been transformed to that of spiritual unity and love, to suit the 20th century responder. ...

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First, the freedom of sex in the narrative is a direct result of the ideals that accompanied the plague. ... While we most certainly see a direct correlation between the plagues "free" ideals and the stories of the Decameron it is also evident that there are some cultural norms of the era, which are having an effect on the text. ... For example, looking at the tenth story of day five there is no talk of lust or love in the marriage which takes place but rather that it was "to improve the low opinion they had of him (husband) (433)." ... For example in day two, story eight we hear, " The fac...

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Browning compares love to weighty, and divine concepts like ""Being and ideal Grace"", ""Right"" and ""Praise"". ... Browning's love for her husband is almost a substitute for religion, as she loves him "with a love I seemed to lose with my lost saints" although God's judgment is still essential for her. ...

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Yet this could be viewed as unjustified as both texts present them as arguably formidable; Gertrude in Hamlet may be viewed critically by audiences as she seems to act without grief when referring to her late husband's death as "common"" in Act One, Scene Two. ... The film version of the play, ends very differently, which really conveys Stella's guilt and almost resentment for having to choose her husband over her sister. ...

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What a person looks for in a friend, a boyfriend, a girlfriend, a husband, a wife is as different and varied as a person's genetic code. ... It was this ideal that supported breakaway group of Christian and secular therapists CLAIMS to be founded, they claim, no pun intended, to be able to convert homosexuals into heterosexuals. ...

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