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    marriage. The movie “Her” describes Theo’s new and unique relationship that he has formed with Samantha‚ a computer operating system. Throughout the movie‚ the couple develops their relationship by working through their differences and avoiding criticism from the surrounding society. Although the romance is diverse‚ it still progresses through the same growth stages of a traditional relationship and has the ability to teach us similar lessons about life. The beginning of the relationship was sparked by

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    said to himself‚ thinking about his father. He pondered what his father must have been through‚ whether or not his father was scared‚ and overall what a great hero his father was. This routine was commonplace for Matthew. It had all Matthew had been able to think ever since he and his mother received the telegram from the military a little over a month ago. Every morning he woke up thinking about his father‚ all day he thought about his father‚ and his father was the last thing on his mind when his

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    Relationships in Death of a Salesman The father son relationships of Willy‚ Biff‚ and Happy in Death of a Salesman change throughout the play. Willy wanted his sons to be well liked and successful even from any early age. As adults Biff and Happy are not the successful men their father wanted and Willy will not accept who they are. He lies to himself by exaggerating his sons’ jobs and ambitions. Willy will not accept the truth. Willy’s flashbacks show why relationships are strained as well as the

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    experience with his own father from when he was a teenager. In the final stanza the poet looks back‚ aged ‘twenty nine’. The poet marks the time shift by shifting from past into present tense. This poem is a nostalgic look back at a defining moment from Armitage’s childhood‚ his relationship with his father and how he feels about it now. From the first words of the title‚ ‘My father’ shows that Armitage’s memory of his childhood‚ like the poem is dominated‚ looked over‚ by his father. The effect is

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    Sigmund‚ who was also the king of Hunland. At Signy’s wedding‚ the all-father Odin thrust a sword into an oak tree and promised that whoever was to remove it would be rewarded with a powerful friendship from the sword. Sigmund reigned for many years with his new gift. When Sigurd’s father Sigmund was killed in battle‚ he left the pieces of his sword for his unborn son to one day recreate for himself. Before Sigurd was born this father knew he would have been the noblest and courageous man out of all the

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    Chapter 3: The Achievements of Venice (written by BS) Venice had many achievements by the 15th Century‚ mainly‚ building a maritime empire‚ social transformation and also economic prosperity. The most significant achievement‚ would be building a maritime empire‚ followed by social transformation and economic prosperity. Firstly‚ the most significant achievement would be building a maritime empire. As a maritime empire‚ Venice possessed territories along important trade routes‚ especially around

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    Anne is maturing in regards to her relationship with her mother by changing the way she behaves.Anne is maturing by learning what is going on inside her head keeping things to herself and not making a big deal of every little thing. Anne has been in a hassle with her mother while in hiding to change that Anne decides to listen and find out why her mother is always getting on to her in the past. In diary entry Sunday‚ 2 January‚ 1944 in paragraph 5 it says that “She did love me very much and she was

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    Love and Money Love is a dominant theme in Merchant of Venice. It actually is the umbrella of other sub-themes‚ which are love of friends‚ love of family and love of lovers. Shakespeare gives more focus to these themes as they are significant and serious issues in life‚ thus giving his play a universal approach that fits everywhere and when. The irony‚ however‚ is that there is no real love shown in these relations. One can notice that love is associated with self-interest or with the love of

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    deeper understanding of the characters in the play. Hamlet’s thoughts about his father‚ mother‚ and himself are made clear through his references to allusions. Hamlet compares his father to Hyperion while comparing his uncle to a Satyr‚ Hamlet compares his mother to Niobe‚ and states the contrast between him and Hercules. When Hamlet compares his father to Hyperion and uncle to a satyr it shows how much he admired his father‚ and his disgust towards his uncle. Hyperion was one of the 12 the children

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    to Find a Lost Father” by Mee Her – a Hmong immigrant from Laos‚ came to America with her family in 1976. Her family entered the U.S as political refugees. In her essay‚ she describes the problem that makes a gap she and her father when they came to the United States as immigrants. She said she remembered the closeness that she used to have with her father when they lived in Laos. There‚ they had gone everywhere and done everything together‚ so these kept the relationship between children and parents

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