well-known Indian Author and columnist is the author of this novel 2 STATES – The Story of My Marriage. He has written a beautiful tale about an inter-caste love cum arranged marriage of two students from different states and different caste of India who meet at famous institute IIM‚ Ahmedabad. I am here writing about love cum arranged marriage. This is aperfect topic for me as I believe in love cum arranged marriage. I want to marry my girlfriend but as most of the Indians this relationship must be approved
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those traits. But‚ it seems as if he avoided gaining comfort within that specific style of writing in A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ deciding to give the female characters a bit of superiority. This sense of power (by Hermia & Helena for example) was often shown through determination and rebelliousness. Hermia has a very independent personality and seems to do what she feels is right for her. Her love for Lysander was too strong to abide by the commands of her
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should have been worried about his love for me. Are we over? Are we done? Was my father right? No he can’t be because even Demetrius hates me. I went from having 2 men chasing after me to having everyone hate me‚ how was I so stupid. These woods have changed everyone‚ I do not know how‚ but I sense something‚ something magical‚ something evil‚ like witchcraft. Now I’m going insane. Lysander declared his love for Helena he said the word only meant for me. “Love” his love belonged to me‚ now it belongs
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Maturing in Love A. Meaning of Love * Love‚ as the song goes‚ "a many splendored thing". * Love is also a decision‚ and not just a feeling. * Love means‚ "to think and will and do the good of another". * Love is the commitment‚ care and concern for the other. * Love is dynamic and a changing thing. * Love is primarily giving and not receiving. B. Elements of Love 4 Basic Elements a. Care - shown by active concern for the life and growth of the one we love b. Responsibility
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Illusions can transform what we see‚ what we think‚ and what we love. MSND was the story of a love square turning around and around again‚ altered by real love and illusions of love. The recurring themes of this story were love‚ friendship‚ and reality vs. illusion. These themes made the characters stick together even in the toughest times‚ past all of the hinderings that were sought toward them. Love is what kept the characters together. It shined through potions and spells and still stayed strong
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Male Dominance And Female Oppression in A Midsummer Night’s Dream The place of Women in society has changed drastically throughout time. Once thought of as possessions‚ (and in some less developed areas of the world still are) women now hold positions of high power in many parts of the world. Although woman have made great strides in equality‚ there is still even today a small sense that men are superior to woman in certain areas. In the past‚ it was believed that woman were completely inferior
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A over the top exaltation of the woman is recurrent in both plays: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet. For example‚ Romeo makes several comparisons between Juliet and celestial bodies -the moon and stars- in order to deem himself banal to her divine beauty. Moreover‚ the cosmos symbolizes the infinite: a place where only angels and gods‚ goddess can stay. It also dignifies his persona by becoming the lover of a supernatural lady. He goes further in his hyperbole to say that Juliet cheek
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream are in their thoughts and actions. The true motivation behind their actions‚ though‚ is not found in witty quips by knavish fairies‚ but rather in the symbolic nature of the play’s setting. The varied settings in the play‚ from Duke Theseus’s regal estate to Fairy Queen Titania’s forest bower‚ serve to set the mood of every scene‚ and to accentuate the characters actions throughout the play. By observing the rich yet subtle backdrops of A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ it is
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The Reasons of Love in Twelfth Night William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is a well-known romantic comedy in which many characters fall in love due to their own personal reasons. Viola shows that true love should be caused by genuine reasons‚ but Orsino and Malvolio demonstrate that people can pursue others for their own selfish purposes. However‚ these three characters all reveal that the reasons that make them fall in love are based on their own personalities. Orsino is depicted as a fickle character
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I. Introduction Comparing Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Middleton’s The Changeling seems to be a very unusual topic for the first sight. The earlier is a festive merry comedy and the latter is said to be a revenge tragedy‚ moreover‚ is claimed to be a later transformation of Shakespeare’s Othello. Certainly‚ if we look at the structure of The Changeling on the surface we see a plot of a conventional drama of revenge‚ but as we observe closer it becomes evident that The Changeling
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