The Shoemaker's Holiday uses the idea of disguise to address the topics of trade among other countries, peace instead of war, and lower social status for love while Epicene uses the vehicle of disguise to look at isolation and community, marriage ceremony, and the wife's role in a marriage. ... Morose, because he wanted a quiet life with no one to bother him married Epicene in secret and because of doing this he betrayed his community by not involving them in the ceremony. Haughty tells Morose, "and you to offend in such a high point of ceremony as this" (83-84). ... Tho...

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• Grade Level: High School

Not so many are 4 allowing gay couples to have unity ceremonies within the church, but most are opening their doors to the gay community accepting them as they are and not judging them because of their sexual preferences. Although some churches are not allowing the ceremonies to take place within the church, many modern ministers are performing the ceremonies. ...

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Many situations and lifestyle choices make for different types of marriages. Marriage is a constantly evolving institution. In our lifetime, society has evolved from what used to be considered "traditional" marriage, into accepting that love can and does exist outside of heterosexual coupling. Marriage now has a broader definition to include same-sex couples. On October 4, 2014, I had the privilege of interviewing Jessica and Sandy. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Much Ado About Nothing From the first line of Much Ado About Nothing until the very end, a reader will discover interesting, comedic, memorable characters. Leonato, the governor of Messina, is a gullible and easily swayed person. Leonato realizes that Hero was not lying when she says she was loy...

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Death and God Death is perhaps the greatest mystery of life. It is one of the few things we can offer no concrete answer. We know why we die and what causes death, but we do not know if anything exists after death. Modern man seeks truths based on facts and proof. We do not have any proof or eyewi...

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"I take thee to be my lawful wedded [husband], to have and to hold, for better or for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, keep thee only unto me, until death do us part." Traditional wedding vows are held sacred not only to the ones who pronounce...

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Hero is abused at her wedding ceremony and is performed as a cheater in front of everyone, when in "The Taming of the Shrew" Petruccio often makes fun of Katherine in front of people and even shows his disrespect when coming to his own wedding dressed as a clown, which was done with a purpose to humiliate Katherine. ...

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Self-Exposure: Horace and Socrates When reading books for academic purposes, students are always searching for an underlying meaning, something deeper than the author's main point, or something that can be found in a summary. In reading Horace's Satires and Epistles and Plato The Symposium, a ...

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William Shakespeare's "Much ado about nothing" RESEARCH ACT 1 Scene i. Set in the wealthy and urbane city of Messina. The play opens with Leonato, the governor of Messina, on stage, and we soon learn that he lives in a courtly mansion with his beautiful young daughter Hero, and his niece,...

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In what ways can a modern audience respond to Shakespearean presentation of the two couples in Much Ado About Nothing? Much ado about nothing is centered on the love and friendships of two pairs of young lovers in Messina. It was probably first performed in late 1598 or early 1599. It is a...

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Living Through The Eyes Of Slavery Beloved, by Toni Morrison, explores the physical, emotional, and spiritual devastations created by slavery. The characters in this story get continuously haunted by these devastations even in freedom. The most dangerous of slavery's effects are the negative impact on the former slaves" self image, and the novel contains multiple examples of self-alienation. Paul D, for instance, gets so alienated from himself that at one point he cannot tell weather the screaming he hears is his own or someone else's. Slaves were told they were subhuman and were ...

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Victoria follows the crowd into the church where she hides behind a pillar and watches Victor and Emily stand at the alter. when the ceremony begins Emily notices Victoria in the distance and stops the wedding when she realizes that Victor should be with the women he loves and not forced to be married to someone he does not. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, is a novel about self-discovery, in which Janie Crawford is determined to find true love in marriage, and live life according to her terms. Janie's search begins in her Nanny's yard, as Janie lies beneath th...

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• Grade Level: High School

The definition of marriage is the process of partaking in a religious and legal ceremony that formalizes the decision of two consenting individuals to live as a married couple, including the accompanying festivities. ...

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