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Drama: Love, Marriage and Sexual Politics, 2008.
This paper compares themes of love, marriage and sexual politics in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and in William Wycherley's "The Country Wife".
1,335 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that, although "The Country Wife", a 1675 restoration comedy by William Wycherley, and "A Doll's House", an 1879 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, were written at different times, both portray the sexual politics that existed between couples during those periods. The author point out that both stories involve possessive love, marriages fraught with deception and struggles between the sexes; however, these plays differ in several significant ways. The paper relates that Wycherley's Margery is unsophisticated at the beginning of the play while Ibsen's Nora maintains a level of city sophistication throughout the play. The author states that the primary conflict between the couples is sex for Wycherley but money for Ibsen. The paper reveals that, while both Nora and Margery hold the majority of the power by the end of each play, Nora uses her power to leave her husband while Margery stays and manipulates her husband.
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Love
Marriage
Sexual Politics
Conclusion
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"Both men also treat their wives as being stupid. In Act I, Torvald calls out to Nora from his study, asking if it was his "little lark twittering out there" (Ibsen Act 1). He goes on to ask if she is his "little squirrel bustling about" and, later, takes her by her ear and calls her his "little featherhead" (Act 1). Clearly, Torval is objectifying his wife, rather than identifying her as a thinking woman. Similarly, Pinchwife feels that Margery is too stupid to make any plans to deceive him, even when she proves herself to the audience to be very capable of doing just that."
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Marriage and Sexuality in Story and History, 2002.
A paper which looks at marriage and sexuality in today's society and how they are portrayed in history through various novels.
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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The paper discusses the issues of marriage, morality and sexuality in today's society and shows how they differ from the years prior to the 1960s when couples were kept in their marriage by a tight moral code. The author of the paper examines how the subject of marriage and sexuality is portrayed through literature, such as Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace", Kate Chopin' s "The Story of an Hour" and Tchehov's "The Lady with the Dog".
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"Chopin's view of marriage, even one in which the two people love each other, is sarcastic. She sees women in her time period dominated by the men they marry, unable to make a decision without consulting their husbands. She views marriage as a burden. For viewpoint on marriage and sexuality is clear in her short story, The Storm. The wife, Calixta is at home during a furious storm and an old friend, Alcee, stops by to get out of the storm. She has never been alone with him since her marriage but at one time they kissed passionately. She had been pure then, and he respected her virtue. As a married woman she gave herself up to the passion of his arms. The storm passed. The two lovers were satiated, and the marriages returned to normal."
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Feminism, Love and Marriage in Hollywood, 2002.
Examines how Hollywood portrays the issues of feminism, love and marriage by analyzing three films - "The Runaway Bride", "Sense and Sensibility" and "My Best Friend's Wedding".
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 115.95
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This paper shall provide a critical analysis to the statement: "Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage". This shall be accomplished through addressing Hollywood films from the modern period that concern a fairly idealized impression of both love and marriage. Three modern films shall be examined in order to demonstrate this thesis and these films are commonly referred to as "romantic comedies" and are "The Runaway Bride", "Sense and Sensibility", and "My Best Friend's Wedding".
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Love in a Second Marriage?, 2002.
Addresses a question about finding lasting love in a second marriage.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 133.95
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This paper explores whether or not it is possible to find lasting love in a second marriage. An interview with a couple on their second marriage makes up the greater part of this paper. A review of the relevant research is included.
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Love and Marriage in "Jane Eyre", 2004.
A discussion of the theme of love and marriage and the way this affects the characters of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre".
973 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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In the work, "Jane Eyre", the primary character is searching for a means through which she can belong and feel loved. Interestingly, this desire conflicts with her extremely independent personality. Charlotte Bronte manages to describe the coming of age of a young woman and her subsequent ability to discover the joys of love and marriage in her work. These themes are explored in this paper.
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"The novel begins with Jane being portrayed as an unloved orphan. She comes to depend on the love of others far too strongly in order to realize happiness. She eventually gains self esteem however, and in fact, rejects several marriage proposals; her reasons for doing so are a desire not to compromise her integrity, autonomy and right to a passionate love affair. The novel unravels to reveal the twisted tail of love realized, lost, and then found again."
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Marriage and Sexuality, 2005.
This paper discusses a statement made by Andrew Greeley about marriage and sexuality.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper evaluates a statement made by Andrew Greeley "that some believe that our society has become increasingly permissive and saturated with sexuality". The author notes that such statements are based on increasing depictions of sex and sexuality in the media, the reason for an increasing divorce rate and higher rates of teenage pregnancy. The paper discusses the belief that society is becoming a more secular and less religious .
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"Andrew Greeley wrote some years ago "that some believe that our society has become increasingly permissive and saturated with sexuality." Such plaints are based on increasing depictions of sex and sexuality in the media for the most part, as well as on views of the reason for an increasing divorce rate, higher rates of teenage pregnancy, and the belief that this is becoming a more secular and less religious society. The relationship between religion and sexuality has always been complex, and while religion in many regions began with fertility cults that associated sexuality and fecundity with the growth of crops beneficial to the community, over time fears developed about the disruptive effects of sexuality, with the potential for reducing social controls and with issues raised about female behavior in particular in societies that saw women as chattel."
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"The Jewish Way in Love & Marriage" ( Maurice Lamm ), 1996.
Critical review of work on Jewish teachings, traditions & practices of love & marriage in cultural, ethical & religious contexts.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, $ 47.95
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" Maurice Lamm in his book The Jewish Way in Love and Marriage is writing for a specific community to explain Jewish teachings on love and marriage and how they are based on traditions found in the Bible. These principles have been applied throughout Jewish history, and while this is certainly not the first book on these issues, it is a readable book produced for the contemporary Jewish community and in terms that link these doctrines to many of the larger social issues raised in society today. The book is written not for every Jewish community but for the American Jewish community of this period of time. Jewishness is always conceived in terms of a community setting, indicating how the individual may fit into that community, serve its needs, and gain strength from it at the same time. Judaism is a religion that needs explanation and a linkage with Jewish history as an.."
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Sexual Politics in Ancient Greece, 2000.
Explores the politics of sexuality in three ancient Greek works: the ?Iliad?, ?Antigone?, and ?Lysistrata?.
2,891 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 85.95
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This paper addresses the politics of sexuality and gender in three specific works from ancient Greece. These works are dramas, and are the ?Iliad?, ?Antigone?, and ?Lysistrata?.
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"The roles of men and women in Greek society are of particular interest, and demonstrate that a type of ?fued? seemed to exist between the genders in ancient Greece. "
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Love and Marriage in the Modern Era, 2006.
A discussion of present-day marriage and cohabitation practices.
3,220 words (approx. 12.9 pages), 18 sources, APA, $ 111.95
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This paper studies modern arrangements regarding marriage and cohabitation. The paper compares and contrasts current practices to those throughout history. The paper also examines modern attitudes about love and commitment.
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"Marriage has been part of both human discourse and social organization across cultures and down the centuries. One aspect of this is the historical custom of marriage as an affair of state undertaken, for example, by the royal houses of Europe to cement alliances..."
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Love and Marriage in Movies, 2003.
Compares and contrasts 16th century and 20th century ideas.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 23.95
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Compares and contrasts two films: the 1989 "When Harry Met Sally," and the 1998 "Shakespeare in Love." Discusses the legal institution of marriage in both centuries and describes 16th century marriage as a social, political, and economic institution.
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"The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast 16th and 20th Century ideas about love and marriage as portrayed in the 1989 film AWhen Harry Met Sally@ and the 1998 film AShakespeare in Love.@
In both the 16th and 20th Centuries, marriage is only ..."
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Love, Marriage and Mary Wollstonecraft, 2006.
This paper examines the life and writings of famed feminist author Mary Wollstonecraft.
1,805 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper focuses on author Mary Wollstonecraft's works of writing as well as her repeated feminist affirmations that both sexes have the same intellectual and moral capacity which, in the 18th century, was considered a radical point of view. The writer explores Wollstonecraft's famous feminist treatise "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" which was a sequel to her previous book "Vindication of the Rights of Men." This paper also discusses the author's private life. Wollstonecraft considered herself a moralist who totally believed in the institution of marriage. The writer of this paper discusses the contrast between her enthusiastic defense of chastity in her writing and her subsequent relationship which produced her daughter Fanny without the benefit of marriage, which created a furor after her death.
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"If the first Vindication took as its jumping-off point Burkeis views of the revolution in France, the second Vindication used Rousseauis views of the education of the ideal woman as her point of departure. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a French social philosopher and writer who had tremendous influence on revolutionary ideas in France, as well as on the whole Romantic movement. In his Emily, he had propounded his ideas on education and advocated encouraging the natural abilities of children and their unspoiled nature through the power of example, and leading it to natural development, an educational theory very much in opposition to the practices in his day. May Wollstonecraft, who herself had been actively involved in education, first having founded a short-lived school with her friend Fanny Blood and her sister Eliza, and then working as a governess to the daughters of the Viscount Kingsborough, was very much interested in reforming educational practices, a theme which dominates the Vindication of the Rights of Woman."
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"The Jewish Way in Love and Marriage" by Maurice Lamm, 1993.
A critical review of the work arguing for the survival of traditional Jewish marital relationships as the most worthwhile and resilient.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, $ 55.95
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"Maurice Lamm, in The Jewish Way in Love & Marriage, argues for the survival of the traditional Jewish marriage as the most worthwhile and resilient form of marriage offered in this tumultuous modern world:
This book will set forth one answer [to the question,"How do you make a marriage work in this modern world?"] that has succeeded in outliving every attack on the institution of marriage since the dawn of civilization. That answer, the Jewish answer, is alive and well today. It is not foolproof, nor is it appropriate for every person in every circumstance. It is not just a biblical demand; it is engraved in the scheme of creation, and it will last forever (xiii).
Lamm makes a convincing argument that the Jewish way of
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Love and Marriage in American-Indian Tribes, 1992.
Compares two articles, one by a Fox Woman in 1925 and the other by a European in 1761.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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"In this paper, two articles about love and marriage traditions within different Indian tribes or nations will be presented. The first article, entitled "A Fox Woman Finds True Love," (Michelson, 1925) is about a woman from a Fox Indian tribe, and it tells, in her narration, the story of how she found true love in marriage. The second, called "Polygamy in Canada," (de Charlevoix, 1761) was written by a European who had come to the Americas to study the Indians here. He tells in his own words, and from his own viewpoint, the customs and meanings of traditions within several Indian tribes around the Great Lakes area. These two articles will be compared and contrasted with each other, showing how the tribes are alike and similar, how the authors might be biased and in what ways, and what someone can learn about love and marriage by reading about these Indian ..."
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Marriage - For Love or Money: A Survey of English Literature, 2000.
This paper discusses the changing beliefs about marriage in England during the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century.
3,570 words (approx. 14.3 pages), 6 sources, $ 99.95
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"The premise is based on observing these trends in works of drama and fiction of the time. This is also an interesting time in English literature because the novel was just coming into being, while drama was dying out as a form of mass entertainment. This fact is related to the general shift in the mentality about gender roles and marriage."
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Marriage and Love, 2002.
A review of the stories "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin, and "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston.
1,372 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper introduces the stories "The Awakening," by Kate Chopin, and "Their Eyes Were Watching God," by Zora Neale Hurston. Specifically it compares the marriages of Janie and Edna but only uses one of Janie's husbands for comparison. It discusses how women are supposed to "live happily ever after" when they find the man of their dreams and how, as these two stories clearly show, dreams do not always come true and when they do, they are often not what women really wanted. It looks at how the only way women can get what they really want is to find themselves before they find their loves.
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"Edna is more interested in her friends than she is her husband, who says she is "the sole object of his existence, evinced so little interest in things which concerned him, and valued so little his conversation" (Chopin 7). Yet, Leonce does not spend inordinate amounts of time with her, and often complains about her antics, her absence, and her lack of sexual relations with him. He does not really care what is going on inside his wife's pretty head, as long as his dinner is on the table and his wife is duly in her place. "He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children. If it was not a mother's place to look after children, whose on earth was it?" (Chopin 8). It is no wonder she so little values his conversation. This is the epitome of a marriage in Victorian times, and what Chopin is attempting to show with sarcasm and cynicism in this novel. Married men and women do not really have a relationship, unless it is with someone other than their spouse. This is also very like Janie's marriages, although Janie's were fraught with violence and pain."
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