Comparative Study Essay (Pretty Woman/Pygmalion) The comparative study of Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw and Pretty Woman by Gary Marshall has enhanced my perception of the shared concerns of the two texts. The representation however‚ is altered by the differing political‚ historical and social context of the time period of production. Both composers have illuminated the central concerns of the transformations of their female protagonists; Eliza and Vivian from rags to riches while also exploring and
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Mary Eliza Mahoney In 1879‚ Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first official African-American women professional nurse in America. She dominated a predominantly white women field‚ and flourished within the field. Mahoney had an extremely outstanding career during her time as a nurse‚ and alongside that‚ she also had done an insurmountable amount of charity work and has paved a new wave of organizations with her contributions. She excelled within all aspects of her career‚ and is a fine example of
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Mary Eliza Mahoney‚ R.N. First Black Nurse 1845-1926 The year 1845 was a year of new beginning. On March 3‚ 1845‚ Florida becomes the 27th State admitted to the Union. On May 29‚ 1845‚ Wisconsin becomes the 28th State admitted to the Union. On December 29‚ 1845‚ Texas becomes the 29th State to the join the Union. On Tuesday‚ March 4‚ 1845‚ Former Tennessee Governor and Speaker of the House‚ James Knox Polk‚ becomes the President of the United States of America and Morse code‚ invented
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the overall themes of the works should be the same and the movie should remain true to mid-weighted aspects of the original source. George Cukor’s My Fair Lady shares a practically identical plot with its source material‚ George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. This being said‚ certain aspects of the overall story are brought to the forefront or hidden through My Fair Lady’s use of song and dance. When the audience examines the small but important differences in the scripts of both works‚ it is evident
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One of the more prominent relationships one may observe in The Kite Runner is between the Hazara boy‚ Hassan‚ and Amir. This relationship is one the most important in the novel as it acts as a large foundation which is required for the rest of the novel. “…we were kids who had learned to crawl together‚ and no history‚ ethnicity‚ society‚ or religion was going to change that either.” (27‚ Hosseini). Amir and Hassan were very close from a very young age‚ they had grown a very strong friendship with
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How a working relationship is different from a personal relationship The difference between a working relationship and personal relationship is that a working relationship is different because of boundaries‚ professional codes of conduct‚ employer policies and procedures. in your working relationship you would be friendly have a different approach treat with equality you would know your role and responsibility you would not share personal information as you would with friends. Also a working relationship
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The Bond Between Huck and Jim Friendship is one of the most coveted things in life. A good friend always going to be there when they need to be. In the novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ a runaway slave named Jim and a teenage boy named Huck face a multitude of challenges that will cause them to work together to survive. This leads to a very unlikely and dangerous relationship that they develop together. Over the course of the novel Huck and Jim’s relationship will grow from
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Widom 2004; Belt‚ Abidin 1996) find that there is a correlation between child abuse and relationships in adulthood. Two studies (Burnette‚ Ilgen‚ Frayne‚ Lucas‚ Mayo‚ Weitlauf 2007; Lansford‚ Dodge‚ Pettit‚ Bates 2010) show that childhood abuse can be an indicator in an increase of violence
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Eliza Wharton is a very bright and independent woman who cares deeply for a man named Mr. Haly. She expresses her independence in her first letter as she says “[I] feel a gleam of joy at leaving her?”(818). Miss Wharton is a very outgoing and flamboyant woman who seems to write based on her feelings in those moments. Much how someone would write in their diaries to express the emotions that they cannot show others. Miss Wharton feels those urges and so she writes “I must write to you the impulses
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We have discussed in class the nature of Huck and Jim’s unusual relationship and the purpose that Jim‚ an African American former slave‚ serves in the novel. I believe the above quotation explains the reason Jim’s character is in the novel‚ by illustrating the moral shift in Huck’s beliefs. This shift is the turning point of Huck’s moral beliefs which he struggles with through the novel. It is clear after this situation that Huck no longer sees Jim as just a slave‚ and Jim’s purpose in the novel
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