The magic of the Arabian Nights by Wendy Doniger The original‚ authentic‚ real Ur-text of the Arabian Nights (aka Alf Layla wa-Layla‚ or the Tales of a Thousand and One Nights‚ or just the Nights) is a mythical beast. There are far more than a thousand and one nights‚ for the thirty-four-and-a-half stories in the fourteenth or fifteenth century “core” body of the Nights were soon supplemented by other tales in Arabic and Persian‚ from the culture of medieval Baghdad and Cairo‚ and then in Hindi
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Appointment with Love by Sulamith Ish-Kishor Sulamith Ish-kishor (1896 - 1977) was an American writer. She was born in London‚ England‚ and began writing at an early age. In fact‚ many of her poems were published by the time she was 10. Like the family in her novel Our Eddie‚ her family moved to New York City. At Hunter College‚ she studied languages and history. She wrote widely‚ and was published in several magazines‚ including The New Yorker‚ Saturday Review‚ and Reader’s Digest. Her now-classic
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This is an article review of “Master of Love” written by Emily Esfahani Smith a manner and morals columnist at The New Criterion and published at The Atlantic website on June 12 2014. The “Master of Love” article is mostly about the difference between couple in romantic relationship who last long and those who don’t. I choose this article to review because the topic itself is very interesting‚ how couples make their romantic relationship last ever after and how they destroy it too. I’m not in a romantic
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Love Without Love 1. According to the first four lines‚ the speaker loved this particular person because they never saw this person coming into their life‚ therefore it was a surprise and they saw a drastic change something called love. 2. The metaphor in lines 5-6 is "I’ve fly you flying through my soul in quick‚ loft flight" and this means that this special person came into their life very quickly like a plane‚ it was in and it was out. The extended metaphor is that this person was looking
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Helen is important when establishing the problems of marriage in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall‚ her carless marriage at the young age of 18 shows how much you have to consider when marrying at that age. Although she is warned by family members‚ she believes she can change Arthur‚ and find romance within the relationship. After a troubled first year‚ involving the birth of her son‚ Helen realises she may have not considered ‘other things’ when picking her suitor. In the nineteenth century‚ baring children
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Kids love playing sports‚ and being active. They love the joy of the game. Sports are also good exercise. But you know the old saying‚ “Too much of a good thing‚ isn’t a good “ Kids do all kinds of sports nowadays‚ basketball‚ baseball‚ soccer‚ dance‚ it’s endless. But all theses sports require stretching‚ and running. So they go to school‚ it just all too much for their bodies. All theses sports require stretching‚ and running. Kids love playing sports‚ and are forced to exercise during
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(pronounced “save”)Lives Inc. has been working very hard to reach out to the constituents of Carson‚ located approximately 14 miles away from the Los Angeles International Airport‚ to educate them on the effects of cigarette smoking on their lives‚ their love ones lives‚ and the community as a whole. Cigarette smoking in our community is a huge problem. The city of Carson is approximately 18.724 square miles‚ densely populated‚ and is home to three large oil refineries and a wastewater treatment plant
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The type of music that helps me relax is the rap. The rap maybe it’s not a type of music very calm ‚ but I love rap‚ so that’s why it helps me relax. The love music makes me relax too‚ because it talks about good things. Some of the lyrics that the song says are: “I’m beginning to feel like a rap god” In conclusion music is important in my life‚ it makes me happy‚ sad‚ or angry. I
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Do you ask yourself why sometimes? Why do we fall for those who cant catch us‚ and ignore those who love us. Why do we cry over those who only mean to cause us pain‚ and waste our time on someone who is just trying to bring us down. We cannot force ourselves to love‚ just as we cannot force another to love us. We can only be someone who is capable of being loved. Who you need to be with isn’t always the hottest person or the the one that everyone would die to be with. Maybe sometimes the people that
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Love is More Than Meat and Drink This sonnet attempts to convey to the reader that love is not tangible‚ though it is necessary for life and well being. It investigates situations of pain and misfortune and find none where love would make any difference. "Love Is Not All"‚ explains that love is not a necessity‚ but that it’s absence will cause a man to exist closer to death. Love is not an object‚ an act‚ a spirit‚ or a thought; it is a silent motivater of life. From "Love Is Not All"‚ we can gather
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