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    Professor Sun Shakespeare Paper One 2 May 2013 Malvolio‚ the Party Pooper in Twelfth Night In Shakespeare’s comedy‚ Twelfth Night‚ we can see the romance among several couples. For instance‚ Viola with Orsino‚ Olivia with Sebastian and Maria with Sir Toby Belch‚ they are all ended up with a joyful relationship with each other. It is a convention that endings of the comedies are always combined with happy elements. Even if not falling in love with anyone else‚ the clown‚ Feste‚ still sings

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    several different ways. Shakespeare’s classic‚ As you like it and in Gurinda Chadra’s comedy‚ Bend it like Beckham‚ are both representations of the concept of belonging. Bend it like Beckham is a modern interpretation which explores similar notions as Shakespeare’s classic As you like it. In all three texts belonging is represented through gender roles‚ family influence and the connection of marriage. The central character‚ Jessminder‚ in bend it like beckham must overcome her cultural restraints

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    identity and notions of self for an individual both positively and negatively. Through the texts “As You like It” by William Shakespeare and “Jude the Obscure”‚ a Thomas Hardy novel‚ the abstract ideology towards belonging can be derived. Exploration of how the denaturing of the family structure can impinge attitudes towards belonging and shape the ramifications

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    Shakespeare’s romantic comedies such as As You Like It & Twelfth Night are all full of various love-relationships. The central pair of lovers in As You Like It comprises Rosalind & Orlando‚ and the love is an example of love at the first sight which‚ nevertheless‚ does not run smooth. The love originates in the Duke’s Court during the wrestling bout won over by Orlando. It‚ however‚ matures in the pastoral setting of the Forest of Arden‚ where Rosalind takes the initiative by being disguised as

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    Belonging is a fundamental human need in As You Like It‚ which Shakespeare deals with through the central aspects of belonging to place and relationships. In As You Like It people’s connection to the court and nature are contrasted‚ as the court is a place of corruption and the forest a place of harmony. The characters experience exclusion and a disconnection from the court‚ so come to find happiness and acceptance in the forest. Shakespeare explores the relationships to friends‚ family and love

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    Someone Like You

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    SOMEONE LIKE YOU 1. I heard that you’re settled down That you found a girl and you’re married now I heard that your dreams come true Guess she gave you things I didn’t give to you Old friend‚ why are you so shy? Ain’t like you to hold back or hide from the light 2. I hate to turn up out of the blue‚ uninvited But I couldn’t stay away‚ I couldn’t fight it I had hoped you ‘d see my face and that you’d Be reminded. That for me‚ it isn’t

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    text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing? Belonging is a sense of enlightenment felt when an individual gains an understanding of themselves in relation to others and the wider world. William Shakespeare’s pastoral play ‘As You Like It’ and the bildungsroman ‘Looking For Alibrandi’ written by Melina Marchetta examine not only how our perceptions of belonging are affected by the passage of time‚ but how our interactions with the world around us can shape us. Individuals seek

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    Nothing Like You Nicole Mealey English 9 Mrs. Natoli October 31‚ 2011 In the book “Nothing Like You‚” Lauren Strasnick constructs the theme of the story about keeping secrets. This was supported by several passages in the book. The plot was also about how keeping secrets can backfire and cause friendships to end and relationships to become much more complex. After Holly lost her virginity to the popular Paul Bennet‚

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    ‘Manhattan’ Essay. ‘Manhattan’ is a 1970 American romantic-comedy drama film directed‚ written and starring Woody Allen. Allen plays a twice-divorced 42 year old comedy writer who is dating a young 17 year old girl (Mariel Hemingway). Isaac (Allen) then falls in love with his best friend’s mistress (Diane Keaton). Allan discusses the morality of infidelity and whether age is of importance in a romantic relationship. Along with these ideas‚ Allan tries to convey New York as a ‘character’ in herself

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    Is Sex Comedy or Tragedy? Directing Desire and Female Auteurship in the Cinema of Catherine Breillat Author(s): Katherine Ince Source: The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism‚ Vol. 64‚ No. 1‚ Special Issue: Thinking through Cinema: Film as Philosophy (Winter‚ 2006)‚ pp. 157-164 Published by: Wiley on behalf of The American Society for Aesthetics Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3700500 . Accessed: 01/11/2013 13:03 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms

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