The use of the Internet‚ mobile phones‚ and other technology is becoming a prominent way to communicate interpersonally‚ especially between relational partners. Romantic relationships are one type of interpersonal relationship that utilizes computer-mediated communication (CMC). Most individuals are faced with busy schedules‚ long work hours‚ and balancing their careers and their family life at home. Large numbers of working women with children (Hayghe‚ 1997)‚ dual-earner couples (Winkler‚ 1998)
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online communication has become readily popular and has affected the relationship between friends or romantic partners. Whilst many recent researches have suggested that the use of Internet have improved relationship quality‚ researchers have also discovered some downsides of internet usage. This essay will discuss the advantages and drawbacks of Internet on the area of intimacy‚ friendship‚ romantic relationship‚ fulfilment of sexual need and user’s psychological well-being respectively. Intimacy
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In the romantic comedy play ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ by William Shakespeare‚ the human condition is reflected upon in a variety of ways. Shakespeare expands on several aspects of the human condition‚ such as the social‚ cultural and personal aspects‚ in particular the vices and virtue in human nature by exploring them through his characters. He is able to show serious reflections on the human condition by exploring a variety of themes which are used throughout the play‚ such as deception as a double
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“Romantic” – this word holds many different connotations and brings to mind a collection of different images. It can be “fanciful‚ impractical‚ unrealistic”; it can be “ardent‚ passionate‚ fervent”; and it can be “imaginary‚ fictitious‚ or fabulous”. According to the dictionary‚ “romantic” is an adjective characterized by a preoccupation with love‚ or by the idealizing of love or one’s beloved. In the three poems I have chosen – “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” by William Shakespeare‚ “La
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Iago rewrites Othello: “A play that begins as a romantic comedy‚ but which ends as a tragedy” Evaluate the relationship between tragedy and comedy in light of this comment” Written in 1604‚ Othello is one of Shakespeare’s most highly concentrated‚ tightly constructed tragedies‚ with no subplots and little humor to relieve the tension. Although he adapted the plot of his play from the sixteenth-century‚ Italian dramatist and novelist Giraldi Cinthio’s Gli Hecatommithi‚ Shakespeare related almost
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William Wordsworth’s poetry is characteristic of poetry written during the Romantic period. His pantheism and development of ambiance‚ the thoughts and feelings expressed and the diction Wordsworth employs are all symbolic of this period’s poetry. In this paper‚ these characteristics will be explored and their "Romantic" propensities exposed. This will be done by utilizing a wide selection of Wordsworth’s poetry spanning the poet’s lifetime. His experiences are certainly mirrored in the subject
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Connecticut Avenue‚ NW‚ Suite 350‚ Washington‚ DC 20008 Phone 202-572-6000 Fax 202-362-8420 www.childtrends.org Telling It Like It Is: Teen Perspectives on Romantic Relationships By Lina Guzman‚ Ph.D.‚ Erum Ikramullah‚ B.A./B.S.‚ Jennifer Manlove‚ Ph.D.‚ Kristen Peterson‚ B.A.‚ and Harriet J. Scarupa‚ M.S. October 2009 Overview. Teen romantic relationships have become a pervasive part of popular culture‚ from TV shows‚ movies‚ and books to blogs and social networking sites. But the attention paid
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a poem which occurs in Lyrical Ballads and was written in 1798‚ belonging‚ thus‚ temporally to the Romantic period (1780-1830). Romantic writing is commonly identified with some key elements‚ which concern imagination‚ nature‚ symbolism and myth (although there have been writers of this period who were not as ‘mainstream’). William Wordsworth has been characterised as a canonical author of Romantic Poetry in that his work is highly attached to the notion of Nature and plenty of reference is made
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"Ode to Autumn" does convey a "oneness with nature" through sensuous images and techniques. Alliteration‚ personification‚ imagery‚ similes‚ rhetorical questions‚ enjambment and positive connotations contained in this poem are all techniques that add to this idea. The alliteration in the line "mists and mellow" adds to the calming imagery represented in this poem. It creates a soft and somewhat tranquil tone. Another example of alliteration is "winnowing wind". This example also creates a melodious
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Fitzgerald presents the negative influence of class on romantic relationships in ‘The Great Gatsby.’ Discuss this opinion and consider how Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Jane Eyre’ illuminates your understanding of the core text. In ‘The Great Gatsby’ love and relationships are the main themes‚ with Fitzgerald emphasising the differences in class between Gatsby and Daisy and how their different backgrounds strains their relationship until it is destroyed. Critics such as Michelle McLean agree that ‘the characters
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