From the start of the first quatrain, the persona declares his lover unappealing-- "In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes, For they in thee a thousand errors note - (Lines 1-2) The beginning line is rather deceitful because Shakespeare's pattern from previous sonnets continues with either an explanation of the persona's blind love that goes beyond physical beauty or the persona's love which withstands the test of time and aging beauty; however the second line unexpectedly continues by the persona stating that his lover has "a thousand- faults. ... Unlike a traditional bea...

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If the object of love is to have the good forever, the function of love is "giving birth in beauty both in body and in mind." (206b) Diotima begins her explanation of how "all human beings are pregnant in body and in mind" (206c) by discussing the concrete, physical pregnancy of the body. ... This implies the existence of conceptual children as well as physical ones, and Diotima gives an example of the former by noting man's love for honor, his desire that his name ring down through the ages­ "it is immortality they are in love with." (208c-e) Just as the pregnancy of a man's body i...

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This tactic allows for the guaranteed: "when" she gives in he will continue with the confidence that he has recently acquired. ... Now, if the lady is intelligent, as he seems to be, she will note the reference to the shame, sin, loss of virginity and the possible pregnancy. ...

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Subsequently, Liebowitz reasons, animals and likely humans are genetically programmed to secrete endorphins in situations of social comfort such as sex, which would help them to feel both less anxious and also give them a sense of well-being. Moreover, Liebowitz notes that when people feel socially isolated or cut off from familiar figures, the brain shuts off endorphin production. ... Individuals in the nascent state put one another through tests, which if successful eventually give way to a solid love relationship, and the forming of new identities and life structures formed by the merging o...

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The communication theory that I will discuss is known as the Byrne's Reinforcement Theory. I chose this theory because of all the options its seems to have the most relation to my day to day life. In researching this theory I have many ideas and aspects that are very important to building lifelong...

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