It's sad when you hear that a marriage can't last because "women cut back at work, quit or play superwoman because they are automatically the ones in charge of children." (524). ... The media, being the pillars of democracy, really have to be persuaded that people don't want to see shows on how "wonderful" it could be, but mainly on how wonderful it is living in a non-traditional family. ... There is no such thing as a "picture perfect" family and there never will be. ...

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But through the help of the blind man the husband is able to show him exactly what a cathedral is. ... I feel the last few lines of the story tie everything together in that, through the blind man's actions, although the husband keeps his eyes closed when asked what he thinks of the picture, he in a way opens the eyes of the husband to a faith which he never had before. ...

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Simmons, the house sitter, also had a strange encounter with a man, as just described, saying he destroyed a picture of Mr. Percival and copied a picture of Mrs. ... [Turns out that it is not Theodore but some interesting character that will later show up] Years later, Mr. ... Horita and Thomas battle it out in court and Horita wins because the long lost Theodore shows up and claims the man as a liar. ... Then over the last 7 years, Theodore was traveling and found his mother, who became a nun, then he decided to go back to Arlington Castle and live with Horita, Henry and Antoinette for th...

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When Mike first enters the picture, he constantly comments on how lovely Brett looks: "It's a lovely nose. ... His repeated compliments about Brett shows that he is only interested and loves her appearance. ... He tries one last attempt, but she says that she can't live with him because, -It's my fault, Jake. ... Brett's last relationship in the book is with a man named Pedro Romero. ... Through Brett Ashley, he shows how a woman can have everything her way but still be unhappy....

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Krebs and another corporal, both in poorly fitting uniforms, stand with two German girls who are "not beautiful" beside a Rhine that "does not show in the picture." The picture suggests an irony: the American soldiers, once enemies, date German girls with whom they share no common language. ... Just as he emphasizes the German girls' lack of beauty, Hemingway also erases the Rhine to show the lack of romance in such relationships. ... An incestuous relationship between brother and sister is suggested in Hemingway's later, posthumously published work "The Last Good Country" and its re...

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A true picture of how a mother should be. ... Even after knowing her for such a long time we had never talked about real issues besides what had changed since the last appointment. ... It shows a completely unrealistic view of life, which in turn makes the actual realities of life hard to cope with. ... We may not agree on many things, but the picture remains the same that each generation will find what works best for them. ...

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Consequently, Dickinson calls the state of marriage as "comfort" and "That other kind-was pain"(line11&10;), in the last stanza, but end up with a flippant tone, as if violently quashing the questions and challenges from herself as well as others. ... Pick out the last word of each line, that, state; looks, eclipse; so, now; then, pain; compare, there; obviously the entire poem is in slant rhymes. ... Overall, Emily Dickinson shows her intricate approach and attitude towards marriage. In the first stanza, she comes up with a pro-marriage opinion, in the second one she crea...

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This clearly tells the reader that Luz was in the man's bed, and it shows the passion that the man has for her. ... Hemingway shows, "She hoped he would have a great career and believed in him absolutely. ... Though the wording is very confusing, the reader learns of this from the last sentence of the story when Hemingway writes, "A short time after he contracted gonorrhea from a salesgirl in a loop department store while riding in a taxicab through Lincoln Park"(359). ... Hemingway paints a picture of passion, desire, and infidelity through this short tale. ... Hemingway describes...

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Desdemona is Brabantio's only daughter and his last link to his wife, who died. ... D ) An Elizabethan Reaction : If I lived in Elizabethan times I probably wouldn't get the opportunity to witness Shakespeare or even care about his plays BUT I"m doing this assignment and I have to picture what I would feel. ... The use of pro's again shows that even when Othello and Desdemona are fighting they can talk normally. ... It shows that she is trying to fix the relationship problems and mend the sadness plaguing Othello. 3 ) " O good Iago, What shall l do to win my lor...

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However, the couples in these plays show something very dark and sinister about love and marriage. ... Confusion and deception are the "way of the world," but compared other earlier drama, Congreve's play shows a different kind of chaos, one marked with contracts and greed instead of the hilarity and mix-up of Horner and other rakes. ... The plot of "The Rover" was further complicated when Angelica Bianca came into the picture, providing us with a searing indictment against society and the state of moral decay. ... Willmore closes the last scene by saying, "Egad, thou'rt a brave g...

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It contained several large streets all very much like one another, and many small streets still more like one another, inhabited by people equally like one another, who all went in and out at the same hours, with the same sound upon the pavements, to do the same work, and to whom everyday was the same as yesterday and to-morrow, and every year the counter part of the last and the next." ... She tells him how grateful she is to him but then insults a picture of him when he isn't there. Louisa receives a note from Stone Lodge, the name of her parent's house, saying that her mo...

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