1. "She", a song of Tommy James (1966), compared to "Woman", a
Regardless from the situation, an extra-marital affair was a legal cause for divorce if the spouse was involved. ... Indeed, in contrast to Tommy James, Lennon allows the female an identity separate from the male. ... The male also has the liberty of a personal view. ... In Lennon's song love gets a new and more sophisticated meaning, becoming a "bridging" element between different personalities who not necessarily always understand each other. ... In Lennon's view, love does not serve to deny an identity but to ask for mutual understanding of the inherent differences. ...
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