... left, and she is fair, and, fairer than that word, of wondrous virtues: sometimes from her eyes I did receive fair speechless messages: her name is Portia; nothing undervalu"d to Cato's daughter, Brutus" Portia; nor is the world ignorant of her worth, for the four winds blow in from every coast renowned suitors." (Bassanio- 1,1,161-9) The Merchant of Venice is a play both about love and hate. This can be ... seen through the Jewish and Christian prejudices, the relationships between the characters and the two settings for the play, Belmont and Venice. Shakespeare often incorporated the ...

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... allaw them to do what they want,however,what they do must not against law and not make trouble to other people.I think the couples who live together before marriage have the right.They do not do anything wrong because they did not make any trouble to anyone. It is about 2 people loving ... that they are mature enough and have responsibility. Live-in relationship is the good way to get to know each other.I think when people love each other,they have the idea of getting married but they will never know whether they are the perfect match or not.In order to get to know each other ... better...

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... a stage in Pairs. There were footlights and chandeliers, there was also candles and oil lamps. It seemed like the stage setting was set up real close to home life. The women wore customary costumes.(1) The men sported black robes and hats and beards. Sganarelle seems very protective of his daughter, he also likes to spoil her, like many parents spoil their children today. Lucinda is ... the daughter who is in love with Clitander who in return is in love with her. Lucretia is Sganorelle's niece, Lisette ... cured, but how is this he wants to know. Lisette told him she found a doctor of ...

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... husband ends up going to war and is killed during battle. Scarlet is now a widower and goes to Atlanta with her mother. Scarlet barely mourns the loss of her husband and is introduced to Rhett. Rhett is a ladies man who does not believe in marriage. Rhett falls madly in love with Scarlet who ... refuses to acknowledge it because she is still in love with Ashley. Eventually the war heads south and people are going off to battle including Ashley. Ashley asks Scarlet to take care of Melanie while he is at war and still claims he is in love with Scarlet. Ashley ... off to war leaving Melan...

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The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare. Fate is something that controls your future, and you can do nothing to change it. Destiny is what many religions and time ... a nun. Romeo declares, " She"ll not be hit by Cupids arrow. She hath Dian's wit And in strong proof of chastity well armed, From Love's weak childish bow She lives uncharmed. She will not stay the siege of loving terms Nor bid th" encounter of assailing eyes." This shows that Rosaline cannot love and will never be with Romeo. This shows that Romeo is ... be wed to Paris next Thursday. This shows that...

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... or solving a really big task; they may have a sweet taste of love in their twenties; they come to realize how precious friendship is after through ups and downs with friends; they also cherish the happiness for being a lovable son/daughter of their parents and enjoy the warmness of family life. Yet there is not always the sunshine. They also have to learn how to deal with pressure ... both in study and work; they struggle to survive in the fierce competition in the society; they are sometimes troubled by love, relationships, etc ... . Life for young people is not a straight corridor; it...

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... thou canst not choose. This relationship may also have an affectionate side to it too as Prospero cares for Miranda. I have done nothing but in care of thee, Of thee, my dear one; thee, my daughter (I.2.16-17) Prospero also cares a great deal for Miranda's welfare because when she meets Ferdinand Prospero spies on her to see if Ferdinand treats her kindly and ... them 12 years ago. He loves his son, as he wants to go and find him in the ocean and die with him. Methought the billows spoke, and told me of it; The winds did sing it to me; and the thunder, That deep and dreadful organ-pipe,...

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... decided to follow the sounds. Finally she found the origins of the beautiful melody and there stood Amorous with his incandescent beauty. They fell instantly in love, he with her smile and she with his violin playing. Penelope and Amorous made passionate love and she bore two sons, Damien and Erectorious, and a daughter, Angelique. Erectorious became the god of fertility and Angelique became the Goddess of Good Things (happiness ... more humans. If you don't do this, the abyss of darkness will shallow the earth and worst of all the gods would die." So the brother and the sister molded t...

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... full of leaves, the weather is warm, and it is generally thought of as an enjoyable time during the year. In the lines that follow he begins to show the differences between the person and a summer's day. Line 3 says that the rough winds of the summer can destroy the buds of the flowers, which are the undeveloped flower. So I interpret that as Shakespeare saying rough winds can "shake" the buds of the flowers but can never destroy the inside of the bud ... , which is where the true beauty lies. This person's inner beauty will never be destroyed. In the fourth line of the sonnet, Shakespea...

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... how whimsical the world of the fairies is. Far away from Athens and order, the fairies truly have no control over their emotions, thus when mortals are put into the mix their emotions are also toyed with later in the play (as is the case with Demetrius and Lysander). As Theseus deals will legal matters such as trying to calm down Egeus who objects to his daughter marrying ... Lysander, Oberon is just worried about inconsequential matters such as acquiring Titania's "changeling boy." Puck says in Act II, scene 1, line 45, "I jest to Oberon, and make him smile." This confession makes it e...

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... Oliver that her honor is at stake. The Duchess invites Oliver to spend the weekend with her daughter, Diana as an enticement for him to give her the money. Consequently, the desire of an aristocracy marriage between Oliver and Diana is revealed. Oliver is in love with the Duchess" daughter, Diana. He wants to spend the weekend with her. A mere walk in the woods with Diana is enough to entice ... him to give the Duchess the money without testing the pearls to see if they are fake or real ... . Oliver desires true love and someone who could get him into the ... ...

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My life started well in the backwoods of eastern Tennessee. My father was a farmer and loved the smell of his land. He loved to talk all day about the war, "Theys ain't gonna when nothen fight"n like a buncha chickens" he"d most often say. He also loved my mother, brother and me. I barely remember my mother now for she died ... young. All I remember is her dressing me in little pretty dresses for church ad I would try my best not to let her because I was a bit of a tom boy with dirty little fingernails, mest up hair and the bottoms of my feet were as black as coal. Nevertheless my mother wou...

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... , was put off twice because Nola has been out with her friends. Nola does not reciprocate the same feelings of wanting to spend time with her mother and this pains Mrs. Dietrich. Mrs. Dietrich wants to be a big part of her daughter's life, but finds that the more she tries, the more hurt she feels. I want to show that Mrs. Dietrich's love for Nola pushes Nola ... her mother's attention where she hopes to make up for lost time. I feel Mrs. Dietrich is using her only connection with her daughter to get some form of affection, no matter how small. That connection is shopping. Mrs. Dietrich ...

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... could turn out a drunkard and also her daughter, Laura who in life may not achieve much because of her shyness. Amanda is a strong human being even though her family life as well as her own is not much one would thank for. Amanda constantly repeats of her only true accomplishment to this day. This is of the time she had seventeen gentlemen callers in one ... to a certain individual results in many bitter arguments. This is Amanda's weakness. It is her weakness of not being able to let her children live their own lives. Her daughter, Laura seems to be the shy type but Laura herself knows...

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... night, and to be honest, I was full of stupid and irresponsible ideas. Finally I could calm down. I took a breath and sat behind the computer. The first thing which I did was searching Charlie Chaplin's letter to his daughter, afterwards I started reading it. It is hard to write down all the feelings which I experienced while reading it. All ... imagine that hardship which he passed during his life and how he tried to stay a "good" man inside. The main aim of his letter was to explain to his daughter that money and fame changes people, but she must be very strong and stay kind inside. It ...

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... might use it to buy sweets, at the same time she should view the allowance in another way, as hook says,an allowance is a way to teach children discipline,boundaries, and working through desires versus needs. So she decides to give her daughter an allowance , but for every allowance she gave to her daughter she made a statement of hope that it would not be used ... for overindulgence and it wasn't , her daughter saved all her money to buy things and candy wasn't on the list. This affects the reader because of her own story with her friend and beliefs. Lastly ... ,she uses believable sto...

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... or guilty. There really is no fine line in between the two. They tend to overlap and so we become unsure of what is right and wrong. Yes, George did kill Lennie but he didn't murder him. The words kill and murder may seem to mean the same thing but in reality they don't. George gave to ... their situation, a mercy killing. George and Lennie were like family towards each other and George killed Lennie himself so he wouldn't have to go through the torture by Curley. George and Lennie were best friends ever since they were little. Even after they grew up they still stayed friends and Georg...

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... the same, her heart agreed. When the boy came to the house to ask her mothers permission for marriage, her mother said no with no hesitation. She said the youngest daughter of this family may never marry, only care for me for rest of my life. The mother then suggested the boy to marry her oldest daughter. The boy agreed and the marriage was final. The young daughter was crushed. On the wedding day, the young daughter ... put a potion in the food that mad everyone throw up. Everyone at the wedding was sick to their stomachs. That ... ...

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... or guilty. There really is no fine line in between the two. They tend to overlap and so we become unsure of what is right and wrong. Yes, George did kill Lennie but he didn't murder him. The words kill and murder may seem to mean the same thing but in reality they don't. George gave to ... their situation, a mercy killing. George and Lennie were like family towards each other and George killed Lennie himself so he wouldn't have to go through the torture by Curley. George and Lennie were best friends ever since they were little. Even after they grew up they still stayed friends and Georg...

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... his true life, what hid did and more importantly what he wanted and how he got it. Then along with that you have to look at his new life, the one he created for himself, his dream world where money can buy him everything and anything he wants. In Gatsby true life he could never be content with what ... when he became very rich and had everything he was not content. He needed Daisy. Gatsby did love Daisy but the whole reason why he wants her so much now than before is because everything he has done up to the day he met Nick was to get Daisy. His parties were to attract Daisy, his wealth a...

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... or guilty. There really is no fine line in between the two. They tend to overlap and so we become unsure of what is right and wrong. Yes, George did kill Lennie but he didn't murder him. The words kill and murder may seem to mean the same thing but in reality they don't. George gave to ... their situation, a mercy killing. George and Lennie were like family towards each other and George killed Lennie himself so he wouldn't have to go through the torture by Curley. George and Lennie were best friends ever since they were little. Even after they grew up they still stayed friends and Georg...

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... together like France, Spain, and Florida. Everyday was like spending a whole day in the middle of a happy fictitious book. We never got in each other's hair and we were never bored with each other. Our parents were the same way. They were like oil and vinegar. They had many things in common. ... mothers shared a common bond in that they exchanged ideas on how to keep their marriages strong and how to raise children. By leaps and bounds, the relationship between our parents went sour. I didn't comprehend it at first because it had happened so fast. Soon I couldn't believe what was happeni...

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... in so many ways and could never be duplicated. It can, however be fictionalized as in the novel Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells. Wells takes her readers through a journey of joy, sorrow, pain, and happiness between a woman and her mother. The mother-daughter relationship in the novel is a typical one in which there are obstacles, but love always prevails and they are ... folk, but they are Southern girls at heart suggesting that Rebecca Wells is too. Divine Secrets of the Ya-ya Sisterhood tells a story of the struggle to overcome a feud between a mother and her d...

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... could be comforting in the dark of the night. It also shows a child's affection. Also, when a mother puts a child need before her needs, it shows how the parent goes without to make sure her child have what they need to survive. Ms. Kathy wanted to go party with some friends. Instead of buying a new dress, she went to the store and bought her daughter milk and pampers ... . Her child's milk was a necessity, but her dress wasn't. During motherhood it's necessary to discipline a child, because a parent should always steer the child in the right direction. Having discipline is an important ...

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... tapestry of rich themes, which underpin the main plots and characters in of the story. 'The Merchant of Venice' is woven together by these essential themes, and they are all illustrated and developed in different ways. The major themes in this play centre around love, money, loans, prejudice, Father daughter relationships and friendship, and are all intertwined throughout the play. To capture the full extent of the way ... Father loved her very much, so he devised a test so his beloved daughter would be ensured the best possible candidate. In his will he asked Portia to concoct a test i...

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