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    Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim‚ (October 9‚ 1898 – July 26‚ 1987) was a prominent Egyptian writer. He is one of the pioneers of the Arabic novel and drama. He was born in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ the son of an Egyptian wealthy judge and a Turkish mother The triumphs and failures that are represented by the reception of his enormous output of plays are emblematic of the issues that have confronted the Egyptian drama genre as it has endeavored to adapt its complex modes of communication to Egyptian

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    Nick Cassavetes and written by Nicolas Sparks. It features the perfect couple‚ Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams‚ who have a steamy romance throughout the movie. The couple goes through real life situations‚ ups and downs in their relationship‚ and end up together in the end of it all. It portrays the perfect romance with a twist viewers don’t see coming. To be a good romance film‚ it needs to have a good story line that provokes emotion through some kind of relationship. Keeping the viewer on the tip

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    Romance in marriage often fades after couples’ struggling to survive in life. What’s left to connect their relationships are just mutual respects and responsibility. Therefore‚ romantic love is a poor basis to start a marriage because romance is just a contemporary mutual affection of love on each other. Financial stability and shared moral beliefs are two important factors lead to a successful marriage. First‚ for most people love is considered an emotion‚ a mental state that arises spontaneously

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    personality. This step is called "Rhythm of Education."� Whitehead divides the "Rhythm of Education"� into three sub-steps or stages of growth. These three stages are called the "Stage of Romance‚"� the "Stage of Precision‚"� and the "Stage of Generalization."� In the first stage of growth‚ which is the "Stage of Romance‚"� Whitehead says there can be no mental development without interest. Interest is something absolutely necessary for attention and apprehension‚ without interest there will be no progress

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    The invention of printing subjected the existing field of histories – whether allegedly true‚ romantic or novel – to a process of trivializationand commercialization. Romances had circulated in lavishly ornamented manuscripts to be read out to audiences. The printed book allowed a comparatively inexpensive alternative for the special purpose of silent reading. Abridgements of ancient historians‚ popular medieval histories of knights‚ stories of comical heroes‚ religious legends and collections of

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    First Romance of Rizal was Segunda Katigbak a pretty fourteen-year old Batangueña from Lipa.In Rizals own words‚ she was rather short‚with eyes that were eloquent and warm‚ rosy cheeked‚ with an enchanting and provocative smile that revealed very beautiful teeth and her entire self diffused a mysterious charm. Unfortunately‚ his first love was engaged to be married to a town mate- Manuel Luz. His second romance was Leonor Valenzuela who was a tall girl with a regal

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    Financial Analysis A financial analysis of the performance of Harlequin in the North American market indicated that the firm had captured over 80% of North American series romance market by 1990. However‚ its market share for the women’s fiction market was only 5% indicating a significant overlap in the readership of series romance fiction and other fiction stories. C4 Firms Harlequin Simon and Schuster Harper/Avon Total Market Share 19.4% 7.6% 6.4% 33% The C4 for the publishing industry is

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    tale and the knight’s tales are very different although they have some similarities. The miller’s tale somewhat mirrors the knight’s tale‚ the characters have a different identity but they somewhat remain the same; they are both romance tales just very different types of romance. The miller’s tale mirrors the knight’s tale in many ways. The relationship the girl is in‚ in the two tales is very close to being the same. Palamon and Arcita fight over Emily in the knight’s tale. In the miller’s tale Alison

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    Webster’s Online Dictionary defines the word romance as” a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love.” However‚ individuals within a society have the opportunity to manipulate the definition of the word romance to one that is personally believed to be the correct answer. This definition is based upon past experiences/future expectations and hopes of the word. However‚ when given the opportunity to define the word comedy‚ society has the same interpretations of what is found humorous

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    Wallis 382). Gary Ross’s film‚ The Hunger Games‚ fits into the genre of science fiction as well as the subgenres of dystopia and contemporary romance; however‚ the main protagonist‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ does not fit the stereotypical character type of these genres. Without a doubt‚ this film exhibits characteristics of science fiction‚ dystopia‚ and romance‚ yet Ross attributes Katniss with atypical character traits for these three genres.

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