... the noble would marry other noble. If a woman were middle class she would normally marry a man in the middle class if she married. Rarely she could get lucky, and a high class man or a rich man would fall in love with her and marry her. It was very uncommon for a woman to marry a man who was in a lower state of status. Mr. Bennet was a gentleman ... . Being a gentleman meant that he did not have to work ... high class gentlemen. Property also gave a man a good reputation. Mr. Bennet had a good reputation because he was a gentleman. Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy also had good reputations. Mr...

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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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... is clearly anxious about the impact of his own actions and takes extraordinary measures to ensure that they are minimized as much as possible. The careful consideration to which he gives a potentially upsetting situation is offset by the extent to which he is also entirely in control of his own destiny. This is reflected by the confidence afforded him by the inmates of the Weary Gentleman saloon, with the barkeeper commenting "He ... shot Wilson up once - in the ... ...

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... worried about only quality and stature among people he is fooled in a way that would put him to shame if only he knew. The music master and dancing master are preparing for the arrival of Mr. Jourdain who they composed and put together music and dances to be entertainment for quests. Mr. Jourdain comes in, in a ... know that he likes her, Mмe walks in on them and finds that he is having an affair. Mмe. Jourdain is talking with Nicole abut the marriage of her daughter Lucile. Lucile wants to marry Clonte who is deeply in love with her, however Mr. Jourdain with not have his daughter m...

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... insisting that he was a wealthy nobleman. Sly was offered the finest of foods and the finest of clothing in order to further this deception and make him truly believe that he is a wealthy Lord. The sub plot of the play involves Bianca and her suitors. This play-within a play is taken place in Padua, Italy. Lucentio, a young gentleman from Verona arrives accompanied by his suitor when he notices ... Baptista Minola and his two young daughters Bianca and her older sister Kate. Bianca's suitors Gremio and Hortensio accompany them. While standing in the street, Lucentio over hears ... to a...

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Both Euripides' tragedy, Medea and Aristophanes' comedy, Lysistrata showcase women facing incredibly difficult situations at the hands of their husbands. Medea and Lysistrata both exhibited extraordinary strength in very different manners. They each proved that women may have to be creative but ultimately could achieve the goals they set out to attain. Lysistrata faced with a twenty year Peloponnesian war that took her husband as well ... him: "I've done what I had to do; I've jabbed your heart." ( Medea p. 821; 1409 Medea makes her exit with the corpses of her two children in a flying chario...

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... Throughout the play, the characters, especially the females, cling to the importance of sexual masculinity and its characteristics. In particular, Harry Horner exemplifies all of the qualities of a true "man-. From the beginning of the play, the reader knows of Horner's phony disease in order to seduce women while their unsuspecting husbands concur. However, the reader does not know the length to which Horner has used his deceit until the end of the play. The ideas of sexual masculinity ... nave to his true intentions. For example, Margery says, "Is this he that was in love with me? I am...

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... cattle. Henry has just sold some cattle and has offered to take his wife out into town to celebrate. He goes off to gather the livestock and prepare the wagon for the outing that evening. While Henry is away, a salesman comes to call on Elisa. He realizes that she has a love for her flowers ... seedlings in a pot for the salesman to take. The salesman leaves and Elisa eagerly returns to the house to get ready for her outing with Henry. While Henry and Elisa are making their way into town, she discovers the flower seedlings dumped out on the side of the road. Elisa is devastated by the wa...

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... , after two weeks time, ends up asking her to marry him. The young woman, named Catherine Sloper, is set to inherit an unordinary amount of money after her father passes away. The father, Dr. Austin Slope, is immediately suspicious of the gentleman caller, Morris Townsend. Dr. Sloper thinks, because of the short period and Morris Townsend's lack of money that Townsend may not want to marry Catherine for love ... . As it turns out, Dr. Sloper is right, Catherine gets her heart broken and the dad dies. The theme of the play seemed to be one of coming of age. Catherine Sloper was extremely n...

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... sudden and unintended passionate affair. Unfortunately, affairs are like things done in the dark of night, eventually the light of the day will shine. In Chopin's story she portrayed the affair of Calixta and Alcae as being beneficial to their respective marriages, but no matter how understanding a person can be, the confession or the knowledge of an affair, the betrayal of such sacred trust, is usually devastating to a marriage. Sex is a ... very natural and important part of people's lives, yet we are conditioned from small children to not let other people know how we really feel abou...

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... divorce is socially acceptable and occasionally used as a device to become financially stable or even accepted in the country. After the Civil War, the divorce rate was steadily rising. The public was alarmed by the dramatic increase. People of the late 1800's elected a divorce reform league in order to conduct studies on family issues. However, the league inevitably fell apart due to failure. Anti-divorce forces shared common views with ... the Protestant church. The two establishments teamed up and attempted to pass laws forbidding divorce. Once again, their attempt to ... ...

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... in every tale who has served under King Arthur has shown extraordinary bravery and a good heart, but of all the knights of King Arthur's Round Table, Sir Gawain exhibits the most. The story is set at castle of Carlisle where King Arthur and his court are taking a vacation from Camelot. While travelling to this new castle, the King meets a hideous woman who saves him from a Black Knight. In ... altruistic nature in performing his acts of good. This eventually led to the breaking of the spell that bound the Loathly Lady and changed her into a beautiful woman. Thus, he proved that he a val...

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The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan The novel, The Kitchen God's Wife is a true-life story told in flashbacks, by a mother (Winnie) to her daughter (Pearl). She relates the incidents that had occurred in her life when she was in China. The story begins with the memories of a six-year old, about her mother who she loves intensely. At such a tender age she experiences the pangs of separation when her mother suddenly disappears from her life. Till her marriage to Wen Fu, Winnie lives in Tsungming Island where her treatment is no better than that of an orphan. Despite all the sufferings that Winnie ...

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... never be married which means they cannot marry Bianca. Petruchio is a very wealthy gentleman from Verona. He has come to Padua to "wife and thrive" especially "one rich enough" which tells the audience that he is a very greedy man. He also goes on to say "wealth is burden of my wooing dance-be she as foul as Florentius" love- Petruchio only has money ... Tranio and others try to get him to change into more suitable clothes, Petruchio replies with "to me she's married, not unto my clothes" which portrays Petruchio as a man of wisdom. After the ceremony Petruchio wants to leave immediatel...

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... is brought out numerous amount of time throughout the play. "The Glass Menagerie" focuses a lot on the American dream and family life, many of these values are embedded in the play through the use of allusions to works of art and social institutions and career and educational choices of some of the characters in the play. First, one of the most talkative and upnoutish characters throughout the whole play was Amanda. From the audience almost every time ... a southern family, constantly regales her children with frequently tales of her youth and the scores of suitors who once pursued her....

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... you can make up some story that your cousin is picking you up early in the morning to paint yor grandmother's house.Then that's when you drive downtown and claim a nice little prostitute.You see, you get the best of both worlds because your date thinks you"re a perfect gentleman for not even making an attempt to get in her pants and you get ... to end the night with having sex or receiving some other kind of sex act. For the really sick bastards who rape their victims just simply for violence ... legalized: It will be supervised, it will be taxed ,it will be monitored for diseases,it w...

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Katherine was a Shrew and no man was willing to take her on until the confident, cunning gentleman, Petruchio set his sights on her money. William Shakespeare brings The Taming of the Shrew story to life with humor, drama and through characters that are as complex as they are simple. The character of Petruchio grows throughout the play. He discovers true feelings that he was initially pretending to possess towards ... Katherine. Petruchio begin to appreciate Katherine's fiery spirit and in spite of himself and ... sings as sweetly as a nightingale; and if she frowns, I will say she looks as ...

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... War I veteran and writer, Jake Barnes, and his group of expatriates as they try to find meaning to their lives in the 1920's. Considering the novel is set in Paris, the city of love, one can assume that the characters will undoubtedly encounter sentimental romance. However, Hemingway's portrayal of Paris is one of a saddened, feeble, disillusioned postwar city and therefore, the characters deal with a somewhat saddening, feeble, postwar, love ... in this novel, Brett is not content with her life or her surroundings, and she longs to escape. It just so happens that she escapes and seeks ...

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... of Hungary was an extraordinary saint. She was married to her husband Louis of Thuringa, when she was 14. A few years later Elizabeth received a vision that changed her life. It was the feast of the Assumption, and she walked into church wearing her golden crown and a beautiful gown. She looked at the crucifix, and seemed to see the blood of Jesus flow from his hands and heart into a pool of ... blood near her feet. She looked at the crown of thorns he wore on his head. She then thought ... emperor offered her his crown and marriage. She turned him down and continued living her holy an...

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... . It was enjoyable to read, and was almost like a fairy tale. The Franklin himself, as described in the prologue is a very noble, open, and honorable man. In this, he is the perfect man to tell such a tale. The Franklin is a perfect gentleman, so all of his characters are kind, and noble. The tale begins with the courtship of Breton knight Arviragus and Dorigen, who come to be married happily ... . Soon after they marry Arviragus is sent to England to work for two years. Dorigen does not handle the absence of her husband well, and is ... very depressed and emotional. Dorigen becomes dist...

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... The family as well as the society in which the wealthy family lives in would continue to shape her bend her thoughts to match those of the society. She would grow up having no original ideas of her own, or at least none that she would ever expose in public, and soon be wed to a respectful and wealthy gentleman that the ... young woman's family may even have arranged. No choice would be given to the young woman and no complaints. The ... young woman would have known nothing but what her family and society has taught her and she would eventually come to the realization of the subjection o...

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... manner apparently began to change. This emotional throbbing that Mrs. Mooney began to undertake is a major contributor to her actions of inconsistency towards her daughter. For example, Mrs. Mooney is very strict and overprotective of Polly, her daughter. Still, she allows a relationship between Mr. Doran, a gentleman at the boarding house, and Polly to develop. Meanwhile, she pretends as though she has no idea ... of the affair. Not only did Mrs. Mooney behave despicably, but immorally as well. Mr. Doran and Polly were both legally consenting ... adults which were manipulated by socie...

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... three important men in her life. All of whom she looks at differently and has different emotions for. Throughout her life Edna feels the need for attention from all men. This explains why she marries Leonce Pontellier, her deep feelings for Robert Leburn, and her sexual affairs with Alcee Arobin. Because her husband spends most of his time away from home on business ... trips, Edna is left with a great deal of time for herself. Leonce spends little time ... and children. She longs to be with Robert but knows that it would be frowned upon by others who know them. Edna has a love affair ...

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... by hurting others in her futile attempt to join the ranks of Tom's social class. In doing so, she is leaving behind her husband who loves her. Myrtle believes he is no longer good enough for her. "'I married him because I thought he was a gentleman.' She said finally. 'I thought he knew something about breeding but he wasn't fit enough to lick my shoe.'" (Fitzgerald ... , 39). With the hope of being accepted into an upper social class, Myrtle's morals and prior beliefs are gone, being replaced by ... . By not following her heart and marrying her true love, she abandoned her morals and ma...

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... by hurting others in her futile attempt to join the ranks of Tom's social class. In doing so, she is leaving behind her husband who loves her. Myrtle believes he is no longer good enough for her. "'I married him because I thought he was a gentleman.' She said finally. 'I thought he knew something about breeding but he wasn't fit enough to lick my shoe.'" (Fitzgerald ... , 39). With the hope of being accepted into an upper social class, Myrtle's morals and prior beliefs are gone, being replaced by ... . By not following her heart and marrying her true love, she abandoned her morals and ma...

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