The conventions of courtly love are both upheld and broken in Part III of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The four prominent components of courtly love include: tokens‚ concealment‚ servitude‚ and imprisonment. They are adhered to and broken by Gawain and the lady when they are alone together in the castle‚ as well as when Gawain and the lord discuss their daily winnings with each other. Under the rules of courtly love Gawain should have given the lady a token in order to show his admiration for
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------------------------------------------------- Overpopulation[edit source | editbeta] Further information: Family planning in India and Demographics of India India suffers from the problem of overpopulation. The population of India is very high at an estimated 1.27 billion.[1][2][3] Though India ranks second in population‚ it ranks 33 in population density. Indira Gandhi‚ Prime Minister of India‚ had implemented a forced sterilization programme in the early 1970s but the programme failed.
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man is nothing but a poor man with money’( W.C Fields). The main male characters in “The Taming of The Shrew” and “Ten Things I Hate About You”‚ Petruchio and Patrick‚ have three things in common‚ the lust for money‚ the lust for power‚ and the lust for women. In the 1967 version of the play‚ originally written by Shakespeare‚ Petruchio is portrayed as brute only thinking about money and himself. In the 1999 version Patrick is portrayed as a charming‚ smooth talker that doesn’t care about social
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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 edged sword‚ love as a
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LITERATURE THE CONTEMPORARY SHREW: AN ANALYSIS OF TWO MODERNISED FILM APPROPRIATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE ’S THE TAMING OF THE SHREW BA thesis LIIS KAASIK SUPERVISOR: LECT. RAILI PÕLDSAAR TARTU 2008 ABSTRACT The aim of the thesis is to analyse how the contemporary context and genre conventions have affected the representation of different characters and the plot in two modernized film versions of The Taming of the Shrew‚ ShakespeaRe-Told Taming of the Shrew (2005)‚ directed by David Richards
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Eman Quisay Is Shakespeare’s ‘’Much Ado about Nothing’’ too misogynistic to be a modern day rom-com? Much Ado is a play about love and comedy in a semi courtly setting in the small town of Messina‚ Italy. In comes the soldiers and everyone rejoices the women dress in their fine clothes in hopes of looking presentable. After all the excitement calmed a little and the women are dressed‚ they go and meet the soldiers as a household. Leonato whom is the father of Hero and uncle of Beatrice goes
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All about Love Love is a variety of different feelings‚ states‚ and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection to pleasure. It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment. It can also be a virtue representing human kindness‚ compassion‚ and affection. It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans‚ one’s self or animals. Love between two human beings is called “Interpersonal Love”. The most spectacular‚ indescribable‚ deep euphoric
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In her essay‚ “Nothing Distant About It” Echols describes “identity politics” as “[the idea] that identity is the basis of politics” (Echols‚ 44). For example‚ a person who identifies as an African American‚ heterosexual female will have different political views than an Asian American‚ homosexual male based on personal experiences associated with these identities. The man‚ for example‚ might be more active in pride parades or advocating for LGBTQ rights while the woman might be more concerned with
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a compromise. When she chooses to follow the rules‚ she is rewarded — and so is Petruchio. By humoring Petruchio in his purposely outlandish demands that the sun is the moon‚ the moon is the sun‚ and that the old man a young woman‚ Kate’s life runs much more smoothly. Petruchio‚ on the other hand‚ will gladly give Kate anything she desires‚ as long as she is willing to humor him. In some senses‚ perhaps‚ this game gives Petruchio power‚ but it is power he is willing to share with her. He‚ too‚ is
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If men talking to other men shows the camaraderie between them as they plan to deceive and not be deceived by others‚ men talking about one another draws distinctions between the amount of power held by each group. Here‚ men construct power by using words associated first with different classes of people. In act 4‚ Petruccio calls his servants “knaves” (4.1.100) and he himself is compared to a “footboy” when Biondello says “a monster‚ a very monster in apparel‚ and not like a / christian footboy
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