Though it is safe to say many more people have suffered a broken heart. You cannot buy love, although several have tried, but a high price is paid for it. Women and men alike pay for their children's lives either to spend their life working to have the means to raise them, or to sacrifice dreams they had in order to raise them. Women and men also pay for romance in way much like that of having children. Maybe they sacrifice dreams of careers, or a matching mate, no matter what the sacrifice is; they must pay for something that they want. ...

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Dreams, Not Only Just For Some, Bet For Everyone Dreams. ... In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George & Lennie and Curley's wife have hopes and dreams for the future. ... That dream is of having "a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs an' live off the fatta the lan'"(14), where Lennie can take care of the rabbits just as George has been taking care of him over the years. ... "An" I coulda sat in them big hotels, an" had pitchers took of me," (89). ... Do you have hopes and dreams for the future? ...

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Similarly, I have traveled to eight states in the past six years. Besides, and I have an awesome job. I have been able to learn three new languages and considerably improved my English, even though I am still young. ... I have managed to change my attitude towards life and gender roles. ... It is evident that I would not have been an informed person had I not watched these interesting films. ...

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In the film, a 17-year old girl's dreams are deferred but, her dreams do not dry up like a raisin in the sun. ... First, Shantell dreams of becoming a doctor. ... And the other question is, "Will I have the daddy's support?" ... Surely, a dream fulfilled. ... The lesson of endurance and faith helped one black family achieve their dreams, even though it may not have been done the traditional way. ...

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I believe one would have to explore the era to which the story is betrayed, to understand as to why Louise felt this way. ... It was the dream of Louise to live a life to which she could do as she pleased without fearing the wrath of Brently. ... I could not imagine having to stay at home tending to the every needs of my husband. ... I have sympathy for Louise having to endure life in an oppressed marriage. Free of the bonds that held her to a life of destitute her dream of being free came not in life but in death....

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Although, I have not personally experienced many things I wrote about, I live in a culture that is directly effected by them, and it is indeed personal to me in many ways. ... Pornography may seem like a harmless fantasy world, but I as I have studied and observed, I am convinced it has massive negative effects on society. ... Can you think of any little girl that dreams of being a porn star when she grows up? ... They dream of a prince charming that will love them. No little girl dreams of a lifestyle of slavery to an abusive occupation. ...

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To be "stronger" two things have to be compared with one overcoming the other. The two are both women, both have hopes and dreams, both have very real fears. ... X and Miss Y are not the same kind of woman; they have similar hopes and dreams but they are motivated differently; their fears of loneliness may be the same, but how the two women face this fear is very different. I don't think that these are two different creatures however, but two different sides of the same coin. To me as director, and I think to Strindberg, it is not the side of the coin that has value, but the coin i...

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Within this assignment I will look to use class material as well as videos to answer the question that is "what influence does the male gaze have on the argument of personal empowerment?" To do this I will also implement an image or two to help me with my argument to provide an answer to this very important question. First off I will discuss what the male gaze is. ... Two other really important things about male gaze that I took out of the "dream world" movie which was shown in class were the topics of male aggression and racial stereotyping. ... In what is called the drea...

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Ninsun also could interpret dreams of Gilgamesh and the people in Uruk. When Gilgamesh was having dreams about a star and an ax that he could not move, Ninsun told him it meant that he would meat a equal. ... Ninsun's interpretation of his dream foreshadows that he will meet Enkidu. ... This is shown as Ishtar says "I might persuade / My father Ane to relent / If you marry me. / That is the way your kingdom / Will know peace. / What would I gain by taking you as wife?" ... Many different women have apered into Gilgamesh's life as he set out on this long quest. ...

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Being a Fat Feminist means that I accept and love myself just the way I am. My evolution from chubby girl to Fat Feminist would not have been possible without people that are prejudiced against me. ... Over the last 5 years, women have become heavier while the beauty ideal has become leaner. ... Her perfect world was my dream. ... She was everything any girl would dream about but in reality - she was a fake plastic doll. ...

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(Parker I 1) She becomes accustomed to trading sex for security, a characteristic exchange it appears to her, within her society. ... (I 1) Discarded by a series of increasingly inferior men as age cuts into her beauty, she resorts to alcohol, and eventually attempts a suicide, which rather cruelly doesn't come off. ... Hazel dreams of the relief that death will bring. "She dreamed by day of never again having to put on tight shoes, of never having to laugh and listen and admire, of never being a good sport. ... (II 4) Hazel has modeled her facade to live up to the stereotypical ...

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Mattie's father had dreams about owning their own coffeehouse. Bustling with people from all over the city, it seemed like a cheerful dream to look towards. ... I asked. "I spoke with her mother" Mother answered softly, "It happened quickly. ... If it wasn't for people like Eliza, who knows how much damage the plague could have caused. ...

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Her ancestors dreams was always to have someone brave and educated to sacrifice his or her time and maybe life to protect them. Maya Angeloo in my openion was that person that they dreamed of. ... I wake up in the morning and I ask myself is life worth living should I blast myself? ... We have discussed the concept of rebellion in poetry. We have seen how Maya Angeloo and tupac shakur in their writing to convey a certain message. ...

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Money and power play a big role in today's society, and some people would rather have those things than a love of another human being. ... Now if I may go off the subject for a moment I would like to say how beautifully and descriptively the book is written. There is one passage in particular that I truly enjoyed reading : It was a spring afternoon in West Florida. ... Nanny's dream (Nanny was how Janie called her grandmother) was for Janie to attain a position of security in society, "high ground" as she put it. As the person who raised her, Nanny felt that it is both her right...

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I can relate to Sandra Cisneros in her essay "Only Daughter.... I was just a young woman out of high school when I decided to join the U.S. military, and to my family this was taboo. ... Instead she became a well-educated woman who followed her dreams. ... One of the many great values that I have learned by serving our country as a military service member is the value of team work and co-dependence. ... I believe that men should have the approval of society to stay home, cook and raise children. ...

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He shoots down her small dream, saying "'It would be a lonely and scary life...'... He is however a little condescending to her as he says "'I wish you'd work out in the orchard'" (Steinbeck 582). ... She is intelligent, strong, and has dreams. She dreams of being something more than just a common house wife. ... Women have their place and men have theirs. ...

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"The truth, which I couldn't share with my family, was that I was happier in Iowa City than in Calcutta" (188). ... For Bharati Mukherjee, to have faith in Doris Day was her only way out. ... "I identified with her totally, I, too, intended to go places, be somebody" (190). ... Bharati connected to her due to her [2] also "[having] to choose between paralysis and ambition, between protection and pain" (191). ... "Love Me or Leave Me", a film by Doris Day guided Bharati Mukherjee to see that she did have the opportunity to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. ...

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What I discovered is that all of the chareacters in this painting are Nightmares. To explain, I have researched and discovered a number of definitions and myths about the word. ... A woman he wished to marry but her father would not allow it. her lifeless body, dangling arms, flung back head and open mouth appear to be petrified by the impact of the horrible dream and an inability to move or cry caused by the suffocation, and oppressive power of the nightmare on her chest. this squatting incubus may have symbolically taken the place of Anna's hated husband. ...

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And he might have a desire to make her obey him. ... His years of dream  dream which he had been cherished since he was humiliated by Estella  came true. ... Moreover, he believes that Miss Havisham wanted to have him married Estella. ... He had to have a longing for them. ... So I feel sorry for Pip. ...

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In the third stanza, the protagonist says, "Dogs have been nipping at my heels since I learned to walk. ... Throughout the poem, the protagonist constantly ponders why she is treated unfairly, she knows that she hasn't done anything worth being victimized: "I have not been unkind to the dead, nor have I been stingy to the living. I have not been with anyone else's husband...I want to squeeze my baby's legs, see her turn into a woman like me" This woman just wants to live her life just like anyone else she dreams of watching her child grow and live carefree, but th...

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My family has been my motivation to strive and work hard for the goals I have set for myself. ... I would never have to rely on a man for any type of support. ... I am a strong-willed person that will not rest until I have fulfilled all the objectives I have set for myself. ... I have not only obtained knowledge but have also gained a family that has impacted my life positively. ... I have the willingness and eagerness to take advantage of the opportunities and tools the UC system has to offer to accomplish my dreams. ...

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I beg; open the door "you will make yourself ill... Once this tragedy occurred, she retreats to her room to be alone and "a child who [cried] itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams- (148). She reminisces of dreams that she once had but have been lost in the routine of her every day life. ... In today's society, women have made great strides to equality. ... We have to understand that as an individual, we have a voice, and we must make our own choices. ...

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"Barbie would be five foot six inches tall, have a bust of thirty-nine inches, a waist of eighteen inches, and thirty-three inch hips. ... or "Wow, I need to get that liposuctioned off." ... Without the technology we have today, the flaws of even the beautiful would show, stretch marks and all! Some women do not take their dreams of being "perfect" to anything higher than a dream, but others take it to the extreme. ... We as a society have conditioned ourselves and our youth to be vain and look for beauty as being tall, thin and gorgeous. ...

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Money is commonly defined as the key to happiness and as the most important part of the "American Dream". Bingo offered these women happiness, a new life where all their wants, needs and dreams could come true. ... And here I sit all broken hearted. ... Bingo is a place where mostly women went to have a night out away from the troubles and worries in their lives and to have a chance to win enough money to change their lives for the better and give them hope. ... To these women bingo meant to be and to have accomplished something in their lives. ...

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I killed the horse, and I suppose I ought to do something to get ye a new one, But-but- I don't quite like Mr. d'Urberville being there!... Tess's dream of becoming a teacher had to be put on hold due to her accommodating the wishes of Joan and John. ... Her future, dreams, and hopes were ripped away from her because of one single action, from one selfish man. It may have even been her purity that had tempted him, because only a virgin can be raped. ... "I repeat, the woman I have been loving is not you...Another woman in your shape" (364). ...

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