The story of Shakespeare in Love is that the playwright William Shakespeare has sold his future play to two different men and theaters (Shakespeare in Love). ... William sees through her disguise and they begin a love affair. ... Separated by social classes but brought together by their love. ... Shakespeare was in love with the woman Lord Wessex was to wed. ... In this setting social class affected the relationships that people had with one another, not just romantically, but within friendships and connections. ...

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The play mocks this earnestness; it is the characters who do not act earnestly who are rewarded with love, and who are proven not to have been acting dishonestly at all. ... He goes on to say, "I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. ... It pokes fun at the aristocracy, the literary world, marriage, English manners and customs, women, men, love, religion and all sorts of other staples in modern society. ...

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The play appears to have a simple plot; the romantic couple, Claudio and Hero, are denied marital joy by the evil Don John while the sub-plot, Beatrice's and Benedick's resisted but growing love, provides us with some humour until order and happiness are re-established in Messina. ... Both times Claudio notes incorrectly and his willingness to believe falsehoods and attribute blame - first to beauty ("for beauty is a witch" 2. 1. 135), then to Hero's base nature ("savage sensuality" 4.1. 135) - also point to self-deception about love, honour and women. Claudio's failure to ...

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Men are expected to be strong and masculine, so to fulfill this requirement, they often build friendships based upon common factors such as sports, drinking, or even their love of women. ... The other type is "potentially a romantic relationship, where feelings of sexual attraction may become greater"" (Pg.482). ... In a study that was done in the Netherlands, a lack of day-to-day interaction between men and women may reduce understanding of the other sex and may complicate personal communication between men and women in friendships and romantic relationships (Pg. 101). ... Compared to men, wo...

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In fact, such values have influenced romantic and family relationships and traditions. For instance, most children at Christmas time expect to receive material gifts as a sigh of love, also today it is impossible to imagine a proposal without a ring- in many cases material objects represent and mean more than human relationships. ...

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Wilde loved and despised his audience and their class system. ... He goes on to say, "I really don't see anything romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. ... They poke fun at the aristocracy, the literary world, marriage, English manners, customs, women, men, love, religion, politics, and other malaises in modern society. ...

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But, when it came to movies such as Manuela, this movie was stripped of the meaning of love and emotions but was still seen as "expressly forbidden."" (307) What kind of problem would this facilitate? ... The advertisement made it seem as though she may have even been waiting for him to come along- for a romantic interlude."" ... Looking at the HBO movie, Violence In America, in sociology class it made it made all this love for hatred of women easy and yet hard to comprehend. ... This country has a love affair with violence, however sad the point may be it is also very true. ... This point o...

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Egeus doesn't choose the court on a whim; rather, he is hopeful that by taking Hermia to the literal and symbolic seat of the highest authority of the land, she will recognize and honor masculine authority and, by extension, will comply with traditional gender roles, which dictated that a woman should marry to either preserve or advance social ties and familial goals, not to gratify her own romantic or sexual needs or desires. ... Also like Hermia, Olivia is determined to love who she wants and on her own terms; for this reason she invents the excuse that she is mourning for her deceased ...

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The movie depicts that a Latina can easily make a white, wealthy politician fall in love with her because of their honesty and humor. ... In this film, a romantic relationship was established between Marisa and Chris, a wealthy, white politician. ... Likewise, the interactions between Lopez's character, Marisa, and her wealthy, white love interest Chris, seemed disconcerting to me. ... I know it is mentioned that Chris, the man who fell in love with Marisa, could change his life around to be more like hers. ...

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For some reason, the movie was incomplete if they didn't fall in love, even though he emotionally harassed Claire the entire time. This shows the pressure that females undergo where they feel the need to be romantically involved with someone else, no matter how bad that other person is to them. As long as they fall in love in the end, everything is just fine. ...

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But Alfieri tells there is no law against "a girl falling in love with an immigrant". Alfieri, upon first meeting with Eddie immediately becomes suspicious of Eddie's love for Catherine, "She wants to get married, Eddie. ... Eddie is forced to accept this custom, which causes him to ignore the fact that he has any romantic feelings towards Catherine. ...

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To conquer this neurosis and growing lack of being we need love. In this modern world there has become a growing struggle between love and fastidiousness, love is a state of being and that requires scarf rice, for a little part of us dies to achieve being love. Love comes with commitment and is not something that can be given, like a gift, but rather love has too be achieved then ascribed. A loving relationship, whether be romantic love, parental love, or other kinds of love requires effort and time because time and effort is something that our society regards as too much an experience of deat...

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Photography is seen as a revolution in the ways we understand the world. Photos do not encourage logical argument or the contexts of knowledge, it evoked the mind with out interpretation. During the 18th century when Daguerre developed the practical method of photography in 1839 there was no use of ...

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She is not "a romantic figure" but this is probably a product of her poverty as Eliza's features are "no worse" than the other ladies at Convent Garden but is "very dirty" in comparison to them. ... Further evidence is supplied when he "hires" Vivian to be his "employee" for the week, she responds with "I"d love to be your Beck and Call Girl but you"re a rich good looking guy, you could get a million girls for free". Edward refutes "I don't want any romantic hassles this week". ... Higgins is comfortable as a "confirmed, old bachelor" and the presence of a woman would "upset every...

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The main elements of the myth are creation, the relationship between creator and creation, man, woman and love. ... Although many elements of the myth are apparent in his play, Shaw chose to dispose of the passion and love, as he found many flaws with the institution of marriage. ... She also fantasises of a romantic fairytale in which she, the heroine, is rescued by a handsome knight in shining armour. ...

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In A Streetcar Named Desire, Williams' articulates masculinity through the use of whiskey placed on the table.9This demonstrates maleness as it is said that alcohol was a 'man's market' because all advertisements during the 1950's were put in place to promote male masculinity and to emphasise what the ideal man should have, including the type of alcohol he purchases.10Furthermore, the fact that the alcohol is whiskey and not something like wine also validates hard-core masculinity as wine is commonly related to romantic events with women. ... Masculinity can be questi...

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Portrayal of Social Conflict in America through the movie Pretty Woman The popular romantic comedy Pretty Woman, directed by Gary Marshall is a story of how members of two different social classes meet and are forced to learn about each other's way of life. ... The irony in this part of the movie, which ties in with the cultural/social conflict that leads to the climax, is that Vivian loves Edward for the way he treats her, as a person and not as a prostitute, and not for his wealth or prestige. ...

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In comparing the films The Blot by Lois Weber and The Wild Party By Dorothy Arzner both films challenge the established discourses that privilege the male and help develop the patriarchal feminine discourse. Through the close study of these two films I found similar narrative lines such as transport...

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Instead, Ellen's childhood values and attitudes related more to a sense of closeness to her family, "the three of them living at such close quarters you could hear one another's coughs, groans, dreams almost", a connection with nature, "She was drawn to nature as she would have not been in different circumstances; she depended upon it for sustenance", and a strong belief in romantic virtues such as dreams and hope, "she depended on legend for hope. It was Ellen Gluyas's hope that she might eventually be sent a god [in a hopeful dream of hers] she took her escort as a lover, an...

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Not a romantic, Charlotte recognises the opportunity for "a comfortable home" with Collins and uses her power of manipulation to "show more affection than she feels" (123, 23). ... Bingley and Jane's eventual union is an exception to Charlotte's contention that "happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance," as the couple fell in love before they wedded (24). ...

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