Raymond Carver's short story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" takes place while two couples are sitting around a table drinking heavily from a bottle of gin and discussing past and new relationships. ... But he was willing to die for it. He did die for it"(979). ... He goes on to question how his friends could have loved anyone before and then say they were in love again. ... As Ed had so desperately needed Terri, Mel is similar in how he seems to be codependent on his gin. ...

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How do we expect any gay person to reach self-actualization if we stunt them before the level of love? ... I thought we lived in America, where we were free from religious slavery. ... How dare we ruin the sanctity of Britney Spear's 55 hour marriage to Jason Alexander. ... How stupid will you look in 40 years? ... I am also aware of the amount of children who need adopted and who are in foster care, over 510,000 children are in foster care. 22,500 will die of abuse and neglect, most before their 5th birthday. ...

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RAYMOND CARVER'S "WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE" Stories, be they written or on screen, usually employ setting as a backdrop and having no direct relation to the actual storyline progression. This, however, is not the case in Raymond Carver's tale "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love." ... (Carver 170) Their main point of discussion is about Terri's ex-boyfriend, Ed, and how mentally unstable he was. ... He has a tough time trying to explain the feelings he used to have for his ex-wife, asking everyone else "How do you explain that? ... The element of su...

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The next word was death and the dictionary said that it was a noun describing the act of dying, termination of life. ... We started off easy with the word sexy. ... On to the next word we went. ... Back to the best friends we go. ... Even though we only met last year, we learned everything about each other's pasts and loved learning about what was going on now. ...

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However, with further consideration, it becomes more clear just how wide and complex the theme of love is in the play. ... This is shown by Sampson's opinion of women as "weaker vessels" and also his remarks of how he will rape the maids of the Montague household. ... This is even more effective though, as the reader has only just seen how enthralled Romeo was with Rosaline. Earlier, we heard him refer to Rosaline as being "rich in beauty" and also speak quite emotionally of his dying love for her. ... For instance, he tells, through Romeo, of how "she (Juliet) doth teach the torches to...

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This is because Plath's father, the protagonist in this poem died when she was eight years old. He died when she was at an age where she needs his love and attention the most. ... You died before I had time. " However, in stanza three, she says "I used to pray to recover you. " If we were to compare these two stanzas, it is completely contradicting each other. ... If we were to remember about how cruel and brute Nazis were to the Jews, that was how she symbolized her relationship with Otto. ... When her father died, she had a hard time adapting to the loss. ...

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We know why we die and what causes death, but we do not know if anything exists after death. ... When we die we just become cold unfeeling corpses buries under mounds of dirt. ... In the second stanza her find out this other lover has died. ... Those last three words, simple as they are, show how much the narrator loved this other man. ... She is asking the question we all ask when we think we have been unfairly treated: Why? ...

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There are many other themes that Shakespeare could have used and so we have to ask several questions to identify his reason for using love, and how his presentation of this love makes this the world famous play that it is. ... How does using it make the audience feel? ... In this play Shakespeare could be showing love to be a weakness, that in this case the love was not real and yet they died for it. ... Shakespeare understood fully the importance and value of language and how it could be used to trigger any number of emotions in the audience. ... If the audience did not know they were going t...

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His mother died when he was very young, shortly after his father had abandoned them. ... This is common when two people part ways, or after a loved one dies. ... We get a real sense of how helpless Poe felt about life. ... It really makes you consider how everything we have in life is going to be taken from us at some point. ... " He could be saying that we all have a finite amount of time here, and no matter how hard we try to hold on to it we can do nothing to slow it down. ...

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She started to believe in this idea when her fiancée died. ... How many people have you ever loved?" ... "How many others really?" ... "How many have you "how do you say it? ... All my family died very devout. ...

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"When we die, you can't take it with you" (p 124) This statement by Morrie sums up the main point of materialism. ... He had died a slow, painful death from pancreatic cancer, and watching him die had made Mitch feel helpless. ... We married after a seven-year courtship. ... We are all waves in the ocean. ... Morrie left this world, having taught us all about the evil of the cycle of appetite, where to find meaning in our lives, how to love, and how to let go. ...

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It never seems to faze him how incredibility selfish both of his sons are. ... How does he know that his brother did not come back with all the money? ... The younger son in essence says to his father "Your going to die someday so give me what I will get when you die, right now." ... The parable teaches us about how God (the Father) tries to bring us home even though we would rather hold on to our own selfish desires. Forgiveness will always be given when we confess our shortcoming and turn from our sins no matter how bad we screw things up. ...

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Everyone that died in the movie was either thrown or fell from the top of a building. ... The audience is able to understand exactly how much Scottie loved and cared for Madeleine. ... This type of repetition shows how powerful love can be. ... As is seen in the movie, the police officer in the beginning dies, Madeleine dies, Judy dies and Scottie dreams of his death. ... Modleski brings attention to the darkness of the film and how the repetition adds to the dark tone. ...

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A family is where we learn how to love one another. We experience the most comfortable love in the family. ... True lovers will die for one another. ... In this story we learn the strong love that Thisbe and Pyramus share. ... In conclusion, we see that all of these stories have a point to prove. ...

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However, we can't say it is the most harmful. We must consider other key themes in the play such as hate and fate. ... Whilst love is a key theme in the play we still need to consider how hate is also an influential power in the play. ... If hatred was not a theme in the play, Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have died, nor would Mercutio or Tybalt. ... From the very beginning, we understand that the "star-crossed lovers" are going to die, this reinforces our knowledge of fate in the play. ...

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It can be argued whether she died because her unconditional love towards Admateus moved her to do so; or whether she died for other particular reasons. ... When you are dead, I can have no life; on you depends my life, my death, for I cannot be untrue to the love we share! (Euripides, 16) These lines exemplify how important is Alcestis for Admateus. ... This is true in the case of Alcestis who chose to die in his husband's place. ... Admateus is so close to her that she feels that she would not know how to live without the presence of her dear husband. ...

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The Sonnet defines an old man in a relationship with a younger lady who is dying and how much he loves her. ... The plot is defined under the subject of explicit where we know he's dying and that he's leaving. ... She loves him more because he is dying and time is running out. ... This creates imagery where not only we get the story, but we can relate these events with imaginary pictures in our minds. ... He's telling his audience about him getting old and how his life is ending and how he's going to miss her. ...

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We are invited to determine culpability for characters' deeds and to decide how fitting are their punishments. ... "That when we are sick in fortune...we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars; as if we were villains by necessity" (I.ii.99-102). ... Thus we are left here to question justice. ... Gloucester's punishment, however, may also be viewed as an enlightenment for the old man who is reunited with his son, Edgar, and realizes just how "blind" he has been to Edmund's evil ways. ... The sense we make out of the issue of justice in this subplot is comm...

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One day we read, to pass the time away, of Lancelot, of how he fell in love; we were alone, innocent of suspicion. ... To the moment of one line alone we yielded: it was when we read about those longed-for lips now being kissed by such a famous lover, that this one (who shall never leave my side) then kissed my mouth, and trembled as he did. ... That day we read no further. ... To show how powerful a story can be, Dante writes about how Francesca's damnation into hell started with a book. ... Dante the pilgrim fainted but Dante the Poet describes his faint as "swooned as though to di...

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This plot development is a staple in the tragic orientation of the play; but how can one explain the seemingly ambiguous qualities of Desdemona's character? How can a woman who is seduced by battle stories let herself be murdered (unjustifiably) without putting up a physical fight? ... However, from what we know of Desdemona, it is probable that she felt an even greater sense of duty to her husband than the wife of Iago (Emilia). ... The fact that Desdemona is headstrong may have something to do with the way in which she died. ... As she utters "a guiltless death I die- (5.2.121), we ...

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Their love for each other is especially showcased in the scenes in which they die. ... They both see a conversation in bed in which the dying questions the others commitment to them. Then, the camera shows the bloody face of the dying as they realize that they are leaving their true love. ... The best example of how a moment can affect the rest of your life is the "And then" pictures that are shown throughout the movie. ... And then, we are shown pictures of him becoming a homeless bum. ...

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After the two embark on a journey to kill the giant Hambaba, Enkidu dies shortly after. ... That is, if Enkidu can die so can he. ... We shared promises, secrets and we spent all of our time together. ... Gilgamesh knew that his friend was meant to be his companion because of how strong their bond was. ... Although we are apart today we still remain in contact. ...

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After the two embark on a journey to kill the giant Hambaba, Enkidu dies shortly after. ... That is, if Enkidu can die so can he. ... We shared promises, secrets and we spent all of our time together. ... Gilgamesh knew that his friend was meant to be his companion because of how strong their bond was. ... Although we are apart today we still remain in contact. ...

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In life we all might have a love; high situation with a love one or a friend. ... When he say's "The Grave's a fine and private place (To His Coy Mistress pg123); it makes you think he will try as hard as he possible can if that means he to wait till death do them part; but you might as well give it up now because when we die nobody is going to be able to take it from you than. ... She might think that's a wonderful thing because she will have someone who will love her till she dies. I feel like this poem is one of those live till we are dead situation; meaning since we are both...

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But, it also chooses who they love, where they work and when they die. ... We die on our eightieth birthdays surrounded by our families before dementia sets in. ... " (23) Though, she doesn't explain how tagging works, we know that it is a way for officials to enter her most private thoughts. ... Plus, we don't know where information is going, or how its going to be used. ... We can make choices and freedom to choose is what enables us, to tell the world who we we are, and what we care about. ...

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