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    amusing or moving or disturbing. Explain how the scene provokes this response and discuss how this aspect of the scene contributes to your understanding of the play as a whole. The penultimate scene of Tennessee William’s play “A Streetcar named Desire” in which the protagonist Blanche Dubois is raped by her brother-in –law‚ Stanley Kowalski‚ is deeply disturbing to the audience. Williams uses this scene as a climax of both the play’s plot and a number of key themes At the start of the scene

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    True Love

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    True Love Lots of people especially teenagers are still confused with the word “true love”. They often misinterpret it and think that they already found it‚ but in fact‚ it is just an infatuation. We should be aware that true love and infatuation differs greatly with each other. Infatuation is an intense feeling wherein only sexual attraction matters to the two persons. It is a short-lived physical desire. True love is also an intense feeling but it is deeper than infatuation. The story of Cupid

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    How effectively does the film portray the key themes and characters of Williams play? In 1949‚ Tennessee Williams released a novel entitled “A Streetcar named Desire”. Two years later Elia Kazan directed and released a movie based on the novel. She tried to recreate the film as closely as she could to the written play. How well did Kazan do this? Did she leave out key parts or did she cover them all? Did she model the characters perfectly according to the novel? Was she spot on or was she way off

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    Aphrodite: Goddess of Love

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    Briana O’Brien Final Research Project ENG 230 Aphrodite: Goddess of love In Greek mythology‚ each god or goddess has a unique affinity. For example‚ Athena is the Goddess of war‚ Poseidon is the God of the sea‚ and Aphrodite is a famous goddess known for representing beauty‚ love‚ and fertility. Aphrodite is quite popular in our world as she is the symbol of the infinitely desirable female. Aphrodite is very mysterious; there is no definite reason of how she was conceived‚ although there

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    capabilities but due to the duties dumped upon her by god. Moreover‚ this is followed by the influx of various alien armies‚ coming to local towns and villages’ long periods for looting. These armies constitute only men‚ who in order to satiate their sexual desires and owing to their physical strength‚ start raping the locals. This develops a mentality that the man is physically strong‚ economically independent‚ the bread earner of the house‚ and he is seen as someone who is meant to take care of his women‚

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    SUMMARY: Robert Sternberg an American psychologist gave us the Triarchic Theory of Love. Wherein he shows us the different components of love‚ namely: intimacy‚ passion and decision/ commitment. This theory shows that love can be understood in terms of the three components‚ and they can be viewed as forming the triangle. Intimacy acts as the top vertex of the triangle‚ passion acts as the left point of the triangle and decision/commitment acts as the right point of the triangle. According to Sternberg

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    LOVE ROSIE

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    LOVE‚ ROSIE Narrative Analysis The story of love Rosie by cecelia ahern took place in Ireland. The story begins with two best friends named Alex and Rosie. They have been best friends since they were in kindergarten. On Rosie’s 18th birthday‚ Rosie and Alex went to the club in which Rosie got drunk and they both kissed until Rosie fell down from the chair and fell unconscious. Later in the morning‚ Alex went to Rosie’s house to check up on her and wanted to discuss about the previous night’ event

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    Love in Lolita

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    Some critics read Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita as a story of Humbert’s unrequited love for the title character; others consider it a record of the rant-ings of a mad pedophile‚ with‚ as Humbert himself admits‚ "a fancy prose style." Nabokov’s innovative construction‚ in fact‚ highlights both of these aspects as it reinforces and helps develop the novel’s main theme: the relationship between art and experience. By allowing Humbert to narrate the details of his life with Lolita‚ Nabokov illustrates the

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    In Love and War

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    "In Love and War" Abstract: Women of Afghanistan are forced to live under oppressive regulations set forth for them by the men of their societies. Women have virtually no rights to do anything for themselves. There entire lives are controlled by and lived for someone else. Through their songs‚ they lament the conditions of their lives and are able to convey a beauty in their verses that all people can identity with. (67 words) Key Words: Pashtun‚ women‚ honor‚ oppression‚ songs Love and

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    Love Is Equal

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    Emma Rosen Professor Lucas Rhetoric and Composition November 24‚ 2012 Love is Equal Federal and state governments have an obligation to protect the rights of individuals. The general population may feel that they are doing their job‚ but in the issue of same-sex (gay) marriage this is not the case. As recently as the 1970s‚ homosexual marriage was considered a crime in most states in America and such laws were ruled unconstitutional in only 2003.  America is the land of the free‚ where citizens

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