Why then, would a woman do something defiant if she knows that she will be hurt? ... She will know that she has done something wrong, and unfortunately will get beaten; however, if she is smart, she will know not to do it again and obey her husband. ... It says: If you fear that you cannot treat orphans with fairness, then you may marry other women who seem good to you; two, three, or four of them. ... She knows that she will marry someone who cares for her, and who will support her as well as the family she might have. ... It means that a man should treat a woman with respect and then i...

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Wilde was an Irishman who feared change. Lady Bracknell - I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. ... Why should there be one law for men, another for women?... We see this type of humour at work, for instance in Algernon's pontifications on marriage, Jack announces he has come to ask Gwendolyn to marry him; Algernon responds, "I thought you had come up for pleasure? ... Worthing's "Contempt for the ordinary decencies of family life-, reminds Lady Bracknell of the worst excesses of the French Revolution "and I presume you know what that unfortunate mov...

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She adhered to the concept that people should marry for love and love only. ... You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you" (pg 157). ... Austen manipulated these two characters only to show what happens to a relationship if people marry for anything other than love. ... She is felt pressured by society to marry as fast as she can and feels as if Mr. ... These characters were used as literary objects to show what can happen if people marry without love. ...

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Elizabeth believes that people should marry for Love and Reason, not just for physical or monetary gain. ... From this statement you can tell that she doesn't value love and regards it as something you can develop in time if you wish. ... You know it is not sound, and that you would never act this way yourself." ... Austen has provided sufficient examples of the wrong reasons to marry but she also shows the correct reasoning for marriage, or furthermore, she shows her viewpoint on why people should marry through Elizabeth. ... From the very beginning of the text the reader sees the import...

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Pride and Prejudice is a novel about men and women who feel they have to marry to be happy, successful and accepted. ... Austen takes a realistic and down to earth approach about love, using the characters of Charlotte Lucas, who marries the insensible Mr. ... She simply needs to marry and get the burden of doing so off her shoulders. ... Charlotte does not share Elizabeth's view that love should be the most vital component of a marriage. ... You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you" (160). ...

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Marry a young woman with a nice tank and big who who's." ... And Jill's final comment before walking away from Hal is, "I don"t know Hal, maybe you should think about moving." ... Um, actually her ass would do too if she had a better grill kinda like Michelle Phiefer back when she did Grease 2. ... You know how those accents get, yah ya ya yah ya ya! ... You know what I"m saying, someone like that." ...

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The parents choose their daughters' boyfriends and who they will marry. You must also marry someone who has the same last name as you. ... She does have more independence and can actually bring a guy home for her parents to meet and then they decide if he is okay to marry. ... She does admit that when entering college, things that use to not matter to her, do now. ... I know we can't see God, but if we truly believe then you'll realize what a great God he is." ...

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She begins to be attached to Edgar, who is much more gentlemanly. ... She says to him, "Why, how very black and cross you look! ... In order to do this, Heathcliff marries Edgar's sister, Isabella. ... People want to be loved and wanted and when they are rejected, especially because of how they look or how much money they have, they do sometimes do things that are not exactly nice. ... Although most people do not end up being as cruel and immoral as him, they know that they too probably tried to seek revenge on someone who broke their heart or treated them cruelly. ...

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He should only marry if it is his desire to do so, as marriage is a very serious and lifelong commitment. ... He does not think she wants to marry a man who loves her, but that she only wants to marry one who can support her. ... Headstone wants Hexam to know that he loves her, and that love is the reason he wants to marry her. ... Also, he tells Hexam that she "would" want nothing more if she married him. He does not presume that Hexam will accept his proposal because he uses that word to show what will happen if she marries him. ...

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Denying someone the right to marry whomever they want is really obscured to me because that is basically telling the person that you cannot love whomever you want, you can only love a certain type of person. ... Although homosexual couples know how to protect themselves by drawing up wills and power of attorney, the financial benefit does not come near the advantages that couples gets from being married to each other. ... Same-sex couples who are not allowed to marry are deprived of these direct and indirect benefits of marriage.] ... Like women state to men, "just because you are a co...

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Janie does not want to marry Logan; she does because Nanny told her, "that she would eventually come to love him." ... "Maybe if somebody was to tell me how, Ah could do it" (Hurston 23). ... Her first marriage teaches her that you do not marry for material possessions and wealth. ... Janie knows love can not "grow"on you. ... She knows that he does not know what he is doing and is in terrible pain. ...

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Have you ever thought that if the world had no sex outside of marriage, how different the world would be? ... The biblical view on sex is that there should be no sex before marriage (the same is said in the Catechism) as said in 1 Corinthians 7:9, "But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion." ... No one should condemn something unless they actually have read the facts and know something about it. ... You don't have to wonder if this is God's will, you know it is. ... If you are one of those people who had sex, but ...

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Challengers courage and his strength to not conform to then societies of how relationships should be shows though though you may be different from others, you can still learn and be able to love and cherish one another. ... People who are against interracial relationships should honor interracial romance. ... Not only was she grieving for the loss of her boyfriend, but was heartbroken over the fact that her child will never know who his father is. ... It has to do with self esteem. ... Furthermore, children who come from mixed parents are more likely to marry someone who is outside of their r...

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You can be alone with your fad, or it can include one hundred people, it does not matter who is involved as long as you are among people who love you most and you can truly happy with that group. ... While being in an un-happy marriage it can cause depression very easily, everyone knows that a marriage should be between the one who you love most and if you and your spouse are fighting, not talking, not agreeing, etc. it can cause one or both spouse(s) to be un happy in that marriage; thus causing one or both to have a hardship in finding happiness. ... Every person has a reason to be in this w...

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Jessica wondered how she had gotten herself into this mess. ... What do you say?" ... "Yes, its true she's marrying Adam Waters, and I might as well tell you that I"m gonna marry Charles Redding, he's offered us a nice place to live so we can all stay together." ... "Do you think I did the right thing letting my sisters get married so soon, after all they really don't know their husbands." ... You just met me, what do you know about me?" ...

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"You should smile more at Emily more when you look at her" The author showing that the mother thinks about making her child happy but cant find the words to express it. ... "I"m not going to marry you, I cant leave my lady" This shows that the lady has complete control over Ellen, because she cannot even give the lady up when she loves someone and wants to marry them. ... " This child was not mine" This shows that the lady does not know the child and maybe doesn't want her. ... "What do you do at nights" This is the inskip talking to night watchman Hillyard about how he thi...

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Haemon was convinced that if he could not marry Antigone while she was living that he would join her in death. ... Haemon knows that the people of Thebes agree that Antigone should not be killed that she was only doing what she believed to have been right. Haemon knows that if Antigone does die that Creon will not rule Thebes for too much longer. ... Othello speaks, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story. ... Juliet does not want to marry this Paris so she arranges with Friar Lawrence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that will ...

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She does not know how to properly gain the attention she craves, so she puts on the hideous persona of the stereotypical bitch. ... As a reader or an audience, we are unable to get inside Katherine's head and understand how she truly feels. ... Katherine acts as though marriage is of no importance to her and as if she has no desire to be married. ... After marrying Petruchio, she is deprived of food, clothing, and sleep. ... It is unclear whether she succumbs to his pressure simply to meet her basic physical needs, or if she truly undergoes a transformation of personality. ...

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However, Bianca cannot marry until Kate does. ... She replies angrily that if she is a wasp, he had better beware her sting. ... However with Kate's obvious intelligence, it is a wonder at how she does not see through Petruchio's scheme. ... However, when Bianca, who has married Lucenio and the widow, who has married Hortensio, are called they do not come right away. ... She complies with Petruchio's humiliating regimen of taming because she knows on some level that, whether she likes the role of wife or not, she will be happier accepting her social obligations than living at od...

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It shows that all people have a price even if it is on a small scale. ... You also realize that you would act similarly in situations like that. ... More asks Alice but when she declines, he asks Meg as he knows that Meg is the only one that really understands him and the reasons why he has to do it. ... When More is trying to explain how they can still be happy without money, Meg tells him that she thinks he should take the money. ... His actions don't affect anyone but again this is just another example of how people will do what is 'convenient' and expedient to them. ...

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In The Taming of the Shrew Bianca cannot marry until her elder sister finds a husband, and Katherine does not want to marry anyone. ... Unlike Katherine, who claimed she would marry Petruccio (Shr 2.I.260-268), Beatrice does not agree to marry Benedick. ... You crow too like a craven." ... Katherine does not seem as a woman who would write love sonnets to Petruccio, when Beatrice does write them to Benedick (Ado 5.IV.88-90). Beatrice is disgusted by Benedick's being a soldier "I pray you, how many hath he killed and eaten in these wars?   ...

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If you were poor you would most likely be married to someone of lower class, and if you were wealthy you would be arranged with someone of higher class. ... It was an expectation that you must marry someone of your class when you have reached the certain age and then have children. Alice thought very different from the expectations of society and had a hard time understanding why she had to marry Hamish if she did not love him. ... Her sister Lorina tried telling her that life would be easier if she would marry Hamish because their would never be money troubles and she would maintain her socia...

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She should be honored to be the maid of the mayor. ... She doesn't know if Celie is receiving them but writing them gives Nettie strength to live through the years she spends in Africa. ... Even today my parents say, "You"re a girl and they are boys, you can't do what they do." ... Ask yourself if you really know who you are? Do we know how to appreciate life or are we just letting life pass us by? ...

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His attiude as a 'good host' backs up his personality as a caring a protectice father which is demonstrated in the scence with Paris becuase it shows he loves and cares for her daughter because he will only allow for him to marry her if she can love him and she is a bit older which also shows is understaning and vcaring side. ... I know what. You must contrary me! Marry, 'tis time - Well said, my hearts! ... He uses such corny lines about that shes a holy shrine and if he does touch her then he will be blessed but she will be spoiled beacause his hands are to rough and he wil...

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Bennet's urge desire to know Mr. ... Bennet hardly knows anything about Mr. ... She does not concern about Bingley's personality at all. ... Bennet suggests us how we are often judge by our social statue before people really get to know us. ... When Lady Catherine asks Elizabeth to avoid the engagement with Darcy because of her belonging to the low social class would disgrace Darcy's social prestige if those two marry "Do you not consider that a connection with you, must disgrace him in the eye of everybody?" ...

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