... Schaeffer, Ph.D is a licensed psychologist, a certified addiction specialist, and an experienced psychotherapist, trainer and communications consultant. In addition, she is a national and international lecturer and workshop presenter. She has brought together a wide collection of presentations, and brings Western psychology and different world philosophies into her work. She believes that painful life events are wake-up ... aspects of our humanity (Schaeffer 1987)." To be human, it seems, is to desire attachments to others. Perhaps it is the fear of being alone, because on the biological...

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... of writing practice that I like so much is the essay. To be honest, I have some writing problems of which I am trying to get rid. One of them is my limited vocabulary. Not only is there also something the matter with not being capable of using metaphorical expressions in certain occasions, I sometimes spend a hard time trying to sum up what I need to ... communicate. I hope to solve my writing problems by working with a vocabulary log and reading more essays, novels and poems, indeed. Even though, in the beginning, I barely thought of impractical reasons to learn to write well, I finall...

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... . The metaphorics associated with the stars in Van Gogh's painting can be juxtaposed with the evening stars and the night as its backdrop in Duffy's poem. Empathy is defined by Oxford as "the ability to understand and share the feelings of another." Thus the reader can therefore draw parallels between the definition of empathy and the intertextuality that Duffy ... ...

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... to find out at the end that she was the real shrew all along. This becomes evident when the Petruchio, Hortensio, and Lucentio place a bet on their wives and their level of obedience, Bianca's witty remark of "the more you a fool for laying on my duty" show that Bianca was not at all like what Lucentio had dreamed her up to ... The taming of the shrew was written almost 3 centuries before the great gatsby. Nonetheless, the solid precidence of both pieces today proves that society has always had a keen interest for answers to its recurring problems and the similarities between Shakespear...

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... this as more of a representation of lust rather than love, disguised under layers of affectionate terms. He ends the poem far more passionately than he began, and his choice of vocabulary implies that his seduction was successful, especially the use of the first person plural pronoun we' and the plural possessive our'. While passionate, he is far from tender, which is ... ...

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... sea in the mind of the audience, which is continued and expanded upon throughout the play. As mentioned by Adorno in Beckett's work there is 'a high level of ambiguity generated'11, we as the audience never really know what it is Beckett wants us to think, bringing us back to the importance of interpretation discussed by ... to us by Beckett, as we cannot see if he is really by the sea or it is all in his mind. Although trapped, his wife Ada seems free to move as she enters and exits as she pleases, similar to the small amount of freedom Willie has over Winnie, which can be seen as &...

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... , cell phones factures us and from this facture we become labeled to the status of "cell phone user" or "cell phone customer". This particular technology dehumanizes us and reduces the level and amount of authentic relationships with fellow human beings. The internet is another example of how we become dehumanized and fractured, for example the labels of "internet chatter", "computer nerd ... existence. In our post industrial society there has become a growing emphasis on convenience and in some circumstances this emphasis has gone to extremes. In our "30 minutes or it is free" society, ...

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... the truth amongst this facade seemed all but lost. When Socrates met Diotima and asked her to instruct him on her wisdom of Love, it seemed that she had the answers he had been looking for. Her growing need to share her wisdom became the impetus for Socrates to refocus his vision toward divine truth. Diotima's want to teach and Socrates ... ...

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... kill Claudius, he would be violating a central religious principle against murdering another human being. This would make him feel guilt at having violated religious coda, thus representing estrangement at the level of his religious consciousness. Moral estrangement: Hamlet is also principled in a moral, or more generally a normative, sense. To kill a king would mean violating his internal conviction against committing crimes that ... arising suspicion that he is in a hostile rational mental state. He also wants to be able to punish them or hurt them for supporting or potentially suppor...

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... communication. The key of attachment parenting is to constantly join in the child's life. Through the interaction of active listening, parents can connect to the child's need on an intimate level and make them feel loved and respected. At the same time, there should be a balance in responding to the child's needs. Too much concern would prevent the child to face ... in greater freedom. The parents' sincere care and love form trust. They endeavor to listen to the need of child in a personal level and enlarge their interest in learning. Another role as teachers, parents approach child in ...

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... researchers focus more on individual preferences to personality over their physical attractiveness. These results suggest that personality traits play a role in how a person perceives an individual's level of attractiveness. The data presented also showed the variation of personality association to an individual' attractiveness. In several studies, women and men were asked to rate the importance ... learning on sexual motivation is quite profound. Attraction, cognition, and sexual orientation, variables mentioned previously, are also influenced by learning. Thus a key component which det...

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... same attitude as shown in the first result. I believe this is due to the fact that we are intrigued in meeting a stranger that we can converse with on the same level. The second hypothesis also was proven correct. On the aspects of intelligence, knowledge of current events, morality, and adjustment, the similar attitude group rated the stranger higher than the dissimilar ... is titled "Reinforcement, Affect, and interpersonal attraction. This study focuses on supporting the ideas that Byrne first hypothesized. The goal of this study was to look deeper into the qualitative level, to a mo...

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... their offspring. Though he was not the first to discover the hormone itself Getz was able to prove, with the help of neuroendocrinologist and colleague Sue Carter, that an increased level of oxytocin in females caused them to be less choosey about their mates and more affectionate towards them (more cuddling and licking occurred, they also avoided strangers more often) than ... considered to be used as a measure to guard one vole's mate from being taken by another. When injected with a vassopressin-blocking chemical after mating the voles' feistiness disappeared. An increased level of v...

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... the image of the perfect wife. This action supports the need for obedience in their marriage because obedience is related to perfection. Griselda not only obeys Walter on an standard level, she also is willing to sacrifice her children in order to obey him. Even though it is conventional for a wife to obey her husband, child sacrifice is extreme request and ... a story of a loving marriage struggling to survive in a world of changing social relations (Hume 286). If Arveragus was to be equal with his wife in public, that would lower his level of respect in society; "save that the name of...

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... the argument at hand as its use would usually entail, but rather it offers us a kind of "warning" that "if we may not let the Muse be free, She will be bound with garlands of her own." By choosing to write in this unorthodox way Keats not only manages to carry out the meaning behind the poem ... with the mention of Andromeda, a mythological princess, he is also trying to make us see the beauty to be found in this restriction as one can always break free from such binds as she does. Keats makes reference to the sonnet being like a sandal, a shoe that holds the foot in place but does not e...

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... separates the two physically also separates them emotionally, as Theodore in his human existence and Samantha in her manufactured set up are literally unable to connect on any real emotional level. This brings us back to Theodore's job, in which he removes the "real" emotion from his customers' relationships by acting as the man behind the curtain. Before technology ... we see and what we know is never settled" (Berger 7). Spike Jonez beautifully depicts this idea with the story of Theodore and his struggle to connect on an intimate level with a computer program that he will never get t...

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... a "relational, social and psychological " characteristic and although they agree that love does have physiological correlations, they stipulated the important role society plays and that true intimate love is determined by free will not biology. Social aspects, cultural teachings and the ideal of obligation towards others are components considered fundamental to love, which are handed down through more than simply evolutionary, biological ... components of love and shows that the origins of love is dependent on the role of duty to others as well as the choices each individual is free to...

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... when one's sexual actions allow two people to overcome their separateness, one has found love. However, the opposite is true. When two people learn to love each other, they reach a level of intimacy unparalleled anywhere else is their life. They have overcome their separateness in the form of erotic love, and are connected to each other in a way that they are ... feel that they are worthy of love simply because it is offered to them, and take from the love a feeling of security. In this respect, motherly love presents an unequal level between the two participants in that one receives al...

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... " (50). Was Victor really thinking that Elizabeth did not grieve enough for the mother that he lost? Victor has unspeakable grief for the loss of his mother; in fact, this level of grief is never again reached for any of his remaining loved ones" deaths. He is due to leave for the University of Ingolstadt soon after Caroline's death yet obtains ... of his deep seeded, primitive feelings of death and longing for rebirth of himself and his mother. Victor spends time alone with the dead, seeing himself dead at some unconscious level. Victor describes to Walton time spent observing "decay an...

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... follows. Early in The Decameron, as the seven women discuss matters in the church, one of them enviously notes that the people who pursue this "free-spirited" outlook "draw no distinction, as I have frequently heard and seen for myself, between what is honest and dishonest; and provided only that they ... and entertainments the present times would afford while shunning at all costs the lewd practices of their fellow citizens (16-17)." Therefore, because this "free" train of thought has directly affected the characters telling the stories, it can be fairly easily assumed that it directly i...

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... of their choice. Marriage is a commitment of two people who have made a vow to love each other till death. North America, in fact Canada is known as a free country, in which you are free to make your own independent choices. For that matter, arranged marriages would not be able to lead to a good outcome. Generally, citizens of this country are brought up ... , many young people are drawn to Western notions of love, romance, and individual choice. Arranged marriages decline as the cultures and countries all over the world are influenced by the free choice marriage. Even in countries such ...

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... of his words, Donne places a considerable amount of importance on the aspects of physical love. Finding the body of his mistress as significant as discovering a "new land- shows the high level of importance Donne places on physical love. In this poem Donne also uses the phrase, " a heaven like Mahomet's paradise - bringing in the religious language raises the ... level of reverence he holds for the woman's physical attributes, and so physical love itself. In contrast with To His Mistress Going to Bed is Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, in which Donne ... ...

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... futility of the materialistic quest, and its lack of destination, are well symbolized in his frantic riding. Paul craves his mother's love, so he wants to win enough money to free her from indebtedness which consumes all of her attention. However, when Paul sets aside five thousand pounds from his winnings and arranges the family lawyer to send a thousand to Hester ... and denounces the twentieth-century British society which was alienated by money. In addition, as a toy Paul received at Christmas, the rocking-horse should have brought happiness to his care-free childhood and should hav...

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... "Pride and Prejudice" – conventions that just haven't changed. However in "1984" it is the totalitarian state that dictates how society works and how happy and free people can be. Elizabeth seems to be presented as an exception to the social rules, and uses her impertinence as a "defense against the vulnerability to which her situation as ... the state can continue to run for future generations and positive change towards freedom can't occur. It is the totalitarian state that dictates how society works and how happy and free people can be. Elizabeth does not conform to the way society...

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... of marriages do not last, yes they are great for the time being but it usually fades and dies along with the relationship. Marriages that are more like a friendship with a level of intimacy are the ones that work out. When you can be yourself with that person and there not be any uncomfortable moments then that relationship is more likely to ... ...

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