... to So Long a Letter, as it is also featured in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun. In this novel, Adichie frames the stories and conflicts of five main characters within the context of the Nigerian Civil War, as they struggle with their changing identities and many developing tensions as a result of the war. In the novel, Ugwu, a thirteen-year-old, uneducated Igbo houseboy, ... contemporary venues for choice (Davies 8-10). Throughout So Long a Letter and Half of a Yellow Sun, many of these themes are present and examined through the lens of the female friendships and sisterho...

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... light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. . . .The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars As daylight doth a lamp; her eye in heaven Would through the airy region stream so bright That birds would ... think it were not night." Romeo speaks these lines in the first balcony 4 scene, when, hiding in the Capulet orchard after the feast, he sees Juliet leaning out of a high window (II.i.44-64). Though it is late at nigh...

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... he is tormenting Katharina. This final speech is Katharina's retaliation for the game Petruchio has been playing with her. She shows him that she too can say and do one thing while meaning another. Katharina's final speech seems to be a follow up to a previous encounter they had earlier in the day regarding the sun and the moon. Katharina responds to Petruchio's unreasonable demands by saying, "But ... sun it is not when you say it is not; and the moon changes even as you change your mind. What you will have it named even that it is; and ... that this is her proper role, she exceeds Pe...

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... acceptable even if there are children in the family" (Thornton 2001: 1019). Divorce, even though it is highly accepted, negatively affects the children in the relationship in serious ways. The children of divorce usually have academic problems, behavior problems, and an increase in the use of illegal substances due to the stress and emotional trauma (Sun 2001). Another change in behavior in the past few decades has been the increase of unmarried couples living together ... . The number of couples cohabitating increased six hundred percent from 1970 ... ...

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... bride (some one he doesn't know) with a bad reputation for being nasty, and he has a plan. In essence the story is: Katharina: Grrr. "Katherine the Curst". A title for a maid, of all titles the worst. Grrr. Petruchio: Shut your mouth you ignorant wretch that's the sun and this is the moon! . Katharina: (in a robot voice at first) I will obey. I am civilized .(back to normal voice) you are like a god ... to me, Petruchio.(back to robot voice) Your wish is my command. Ok that was maybe a stretch, but it does hit the main parts of the story. Petruchio by the conclusion of the story has a s...

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... begs that they continue and vows that "be it moon, or sun, or what you please; And if you please to call it a rush candle, Henceforth I vow it shall be so for me" (4.5.13-15). In saying this, Katherine promises to "vow," or claim to believe, the truth of anything Petruchio declares. However, she never promises to actually believe ... . Did she not enjoy her act, she would not have commended the old man so passionately, nor would she have explained herself with such commitment. Rather than admit her mistake to Vincentio, Katherine lies again, claiming she was "so bedazzled with the sun, T...

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... ;" Petruchio again is stamping his authority. He is sending a message to Kate that he is in charge, and if she wants any chance of happiness, she must agree with him. Whilst walking back to Padua, Petruchio declares that the moon is shinny brightly, when in reality it is the sun. Kate contradicts her husband stating this, and he will not have it. He threatens that ... the pair will return home and not attend the wedding. At last, Katerina understands the point and states that it is the moon or the sun, or whatever he wishes it to be. "What ... you will have it named, even that it is;" T...

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... Brett even though he knows of her short affairs with other men. Mike loves her beauty, as do all of the other men in this novel, but his love only goes as deep as her beauty and nothing else. In the first scene of the book Mike can not stop for one minute commenting on Brett's beauty: "I say Brett, you are a lovely piece. Don't you ... focus on her emotional side, I would hope she, by now, has figured out what she really wants. Completely ruining any masculine feelings Jake still had in him by rejecting him because of his ability to preform in the bedroom, being with Mike even though sh...

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... Brett even though he knows of her short affairs with other men. Mike loves her beauty, as do all of the other men in this novel, but his love only goes as deep as her beauty and nothing else. In the first scene of the book Mike can not stop for one minute commenting on Brett's beauty: "I say Brett, you are a lovely piece. Don't you ... focus on her emotional side, I would hope she, by now, has figured out what she really wants. Completely ruining any masculine feelings Jake still had in him by rejecting him because of his ability to preform in the bedroom, being with Mike even though sh...

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... power. Edna appealed more to her primal opposed to maternal instincts in The Awakening. During her rebirth, Léonce Pontellier went to Doctor Mandelet thinking his wife was going mad. But, when he went to her dinner party, Edna reminded the Doctor of "some beautiful, sleek animal waking up in the sun."(Chopin 90). In her time women were groomed and tamed, but like an ... animal in nature, Edna wanted freedom and independency. Women like Edna Pontellier and Mademoiselle Reisz, who did not care for ... that women posses to be better leaders are long-term thinking, leading with heart, and...

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... society tells her to be. Thus, one important aspect of Edna's "awakening" is that she does not try to fit the image of perfection that women are supposed to have. She does not feel the need to keep flawless skin, as when she is resting in the sun with Adele she unbuttons the top of her blouse. Furthermore, whereas many of her friends may go into ... the ocean and "splash about like a baby," Edna swims out as far as she can. In addition, Edna dislikes the fact that her husband feels he is ... in control of her, and, therefore, she decides not to let ... ...

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... requires from her husband, shaping him like he shaped her in somewhat of deal, conveying a message that whatever occurs in a marriage is reciprocal, and that what is forced upon someone has inevitable effects on the other. Similarly, when Katherina agrees the sun is the moon to attend Bianca's wedding and trades a kiss for the permission to attend the reception, a point about a woman using her expected position and duty ... to her advantage in a marriage is inferred. While remaining "in role", she can satisfy her own desires, using her rightful duties for ... ...

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... forever behind her upon the realm of romance and dreams- (18). While not a particularly domineering man, Leonce does regard Edna as his possession when he comments about Edna's sun burn. Mr. Pontellier states, "You are burnt beyond recognition- looking at his wife as if she an investment ... or a valuable piece of property which has suffered some damage- (2). He reproaches her over what he felt was her habitual neglect of the children, but ... enacting of her artistic passions. It also represents her final fulfillment of those passions from which she could have never achieved in the m...

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... with his wife, where previously she had been working in there with her daughter and no sense of it being too small. Following on from this, we then see Frau Brechenmacher banished to the dark, while the husband basks in the warm and light of the kitchen to get dressed, a visual indication of their relative importance, echoing sun/moon imagery. This importance is repeated as we see ... Frau Brechenmacher hurry along after her husband in the snow, almost as his retinue, while he blazes along, keeping his feet ... nice and dry. Until this point, the reader is offered a subjective and rela...

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... She looked at me with a puzzled look and then said, "I thought you lived next to you cousin, Nikki."" "I mean the people directly across from me,"" I replied in a hurry trying to get to class so the questioning would end. The saying was true if you lie once, your going to have to lie again to back that lie up. I didn't ... me- by buying me clothes. I've never known her to come to me and tell me; however, I can remember many countless hours spending time in the mall. That was our time together time for just her and me. I tried my best to understand. As a child, she too was punished. No, I...

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... , plays, and essays, she is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. Love plays a very important role in Hurston's "Their Eyes were watching God". Hurston's best novel describes the life of Janie, a black woman at the turn of the century. Janie is raised by her Grandmother and spends her life traveling with different men until she finally returns home. Believing ... too busy wid de hawses. After more shouting of advice and orders and useless comments, the town escorted the carcass off. No, the carcass moved off with the town, and left Janie standing in the doorway"(Ch....

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... Esperanza. Throughout this book she is faced with many different feelings and learns a lot of lessons in life. The main thing she learns about is men and her feelings toward them. Esperanza realized that so many of the woman in her neighborhood are entrapped by poverty, family situations, lack of education and marriage and men, ... are added to families it sometimes turns into a trap. In Rosa's case she has too many kids to handle, and her dream of having the big house and great dinners are now gone. In other case it's not the number of kids, but the parents rules and strictness. In Sal...

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... felt as if there was hope. Hope in the fact that true love does exist, even in the story of a literary writer. I always do enjoy a good love story, but, Hurston goes beyond the norm. The main characters, Joe and Missie May, are not what I would consider a normal couple. At the beginning of the story, Joe and Missie May convince me of ... How far would you be willing to go to make your mate happy? We all make concessions to our significant other all in the name of love. But, what if you thought the only way your mate was going to be happy was if he had gold? You are poor and there is no w...

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... longer Go, get out of here. I'm not going anywhere. (V.iii.170). He left an emotional and vulnerable Juliet in the tomb, by herself, with Romeo's dagger. The couple died due to the lack of judgment and poor, irrational planning by Friar Lawrence. In time, Romeo and Juliet would have found another way to improve their situation, with a more logical solution that would not ... no time to calm down and consider some of the risks and consequences of his actions. As a priest, the Friar had a very influential effect on the public, and he could have spoken with the families to improve the turbu...

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... to achieve that. Janie was different. She was a free spirit, unlike her mother and grandmother. She didn't love Logan and although she hoped that the love would grow it never did. She confides in Nanny two months into the relationship telling her that she doesn't love Logan and wants to know if she ever will love him. She expresses how "Ah wants ... relationship with Logan. He ultimately angers when he realizes that she doesn't love him. As a result he treats her unkindly and requires her to perform manual labor and to work in the fields. Janie doesn't want to do this. While Logan is aw...

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... be with each other till death do part, they are suppose to take heed to those vows because they are taking those vows in the Lords house. It is a sin to have a divorce, especially in the Catholic religion. This is also another reason why couples stay with each other even though they are not happy. Sometimes couples tend to ... cheated on her wither another woman. When she found out she threatened to leave him but he would not let her divorce him at all. There was a scene in the movie when she told him that she not want to be with him anymore. She went to a hotel room and he con her to ta...

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... , to be nurturing unless she has been taught this behavior by her social group." Therefore, we can safely say that social group plays a very important role in shaping someone's behavior. If you still think that the fact given above is invalid for it was tested on animal, think about your own experiences. You might have a different approach compared to what your sister ... got. These approaches come from your social group; it might come from your teacher, neighbor, or even your family. In fact, family, as the smallest unit of society, plays the greatest role in shaping the image of the "i...

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... . Martha approached them, "Are you ready Libby, Charlies tells me it's to be a double ceremony?" "Make that a triple," Libbie spoke up. So, the ceremonies began. It would be a day for everyone to remember for years to come. Henry, in his own way, made each couple answer specific questions pertaining to their situation. Charles was lectured on responsibility to not only Libbie but ... it was a nice ceremony and general good wishes were given to each couple. The Anderson's agreed to keep the younger Lily children and Seth's two children at their house this evening so that the newly married...

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... undesirable or somehow flawed. Fiction writers have naturally followed suit, presenting their work within the framework of marriage as the foundation of social structure. In the majority of traditional stories, the hero and heroine find each other, fall in love, and live happily ever after. Even when marriage was not approached as ... views to her audience. Jo is outspoken and opinionated. She is complex and not interested in the role of the quiet and demure Victorian woman. The narrator notes, "Jo had the least self-control, and had hard times trying to curb the fiery spirit which was c...

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... their parents, marriage is a widely varying ritual practiced all over the world. In the United States, marriage is a freedom of choice and an act of love, supported with benefits and privileges from the government. It has traditionally been the union of a woman and a man, made with the expectation of permanence and the aim of producing and raising offspring. Tradition, however, is beginning ... couples are opting not to have children. Along with the rise of women in the work force, the traditional view of marriage is broadening. In 1967, the United States Supreme Court decided that state...

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