Jonathan Taubes Sex and Society in Europe 4/24/15 The Intersection of Masculinity and Occupation in Late Medieval Society It is by now a well-known cliché in medieval gender studies that ideals of masculinity and femininity were often defined in opposition to each other. Men are reasonable and women are passionate; men are creatures of the mind and women‚ creatures of the body; men provide economically for the family‚ whereas women birth babies and take care of the household. As noted historian
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this popular native dance of Southern Italy has a history and myth spanning several centuries. The dance‚ originally an Italian folk dance of the lower- and middle-classes‚ has been labeled as a dance to cure sickness and as a dance of courtship. In the courtship version of the dance‚ the woman uses rapidity and liveliness to excite the love of her partner. In turn‚ the man tries to charm her with his agility‚ elegance and demonstrations of tenderness. The dance is one of unity and separation‚ which
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Much Ado About Nothing is a comedic play by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599‚ as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. It combines elements of robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honor‚ shame‚ and court politics though interspersed with darker concerns‚ is a joyful comedy that ends with multiple marriages and no deaths. Much Ado About Nothing chronicles two pairs of lovers: Benedick and Beatrice (the main couple)‚ and Claudio and Hero
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... Pages COURTSHIP ............................................................................ Pages COACHING ............................................................................. Pages COMMUNICATION .................................................................. Pages COMPENSATION ..................................................................... Pages COLLABORATION .............
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. | Elizabeth Browning Barrett Some of Barrett’s family had lived in Jamaica for several centuries. The main wealth of Barrett’s household derived from Edward Barrett (1734–1798)‚ landowner of 10‚000 acres (40 km2) in Cinnamon Hill‚ Cornwall‚ Cambridge‚ and Oxford estates in northern Jamaica. Barrett Browning’s maternal grandfather owned sugar plantations‚ mills‚ glassworks and ships that traded between Jamaica and Newcastle. Biographer Julia Markus states that the poet ‘believed that she
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The film industry is never stagnant and it seems as if there is always a new film being released in theaters. People enjoy entertainment so it makes sense that they don’t mind spending their hard earned money on movie tickets and DVDs. However‚ wading through an endless list of films when trying to choose what to view can be a harrowing and daunting task if they aren’t classified into any sort of order. This is why it is helpful that the immense collection of films that have been made over the years
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Confucianism Virtues in Disney’s Mulan Mulan is a 1998 Disney film based on a two-thousand year old Chinese legend of a young girl‚ Fa Mulan‚ who secretly joins the Chinese army to bring back honor to her family. In China‚ one of the main religions practiced is Confucianism. Throughout the movie underlying themes of Confucianism virtues can be seen such as; honor for family and ancestors‚ duty to one’s self and devotion to order in society.(SpiritualityPractice). There are many examples of
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One such theme‚ evanescence‚ arises both in Japanese and Western love literature. The idea of “finiteness” shown through love manifests itself as loneliness and decline in the “Ink Dark Moon” of the Heian period’s poetry‚ and focuses more on the courtship and sex side of love in the idea of Carpe Diem‚ which permeated much of Western works. Japan’s change to religious systems and decline to central control systems in the Heian period had relatively large impacts to the style of the poetry of the
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message obsolete and inappropriate for contemporary society. There are many similarities and differences in both the movie and the writing. For instance‚ most of the similarities have to do with power of relationships‚ sisterhood‚ courtship‚ dating and above all self-identity while the differences are highlighted in different valuations between the society in the Elizabethan’s Era and our modern society. Through the character of Petruchio in The Taming of The Shrew
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class‚ the immediate concern would be if the person of a lower class is interested for monetary gain whereas‚ the person of a lower class may be concerned if they would be treated as an equal in the relationship. With these problems present the courtship or marriage could be domed from the beginning or made to work harder at leveling the playing field. I believe love in lower class groups build their foundation on love where relationships are concerned simply because high expectations are not placed
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