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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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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.
Table of Contents:
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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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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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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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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The Legalization of Gay Marriage in the United States The Legalization of Gay Marriage in the United States, 2006.
A discussion regarding the controversial issue of same sex marriage in the USA.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses the long debated issue of gay marriage in the United States. This paper reports how proponents of the issue contend that same sex marriage is not about gay rights but about human rights. It further discusses how these individuals believe that gays in modern society have long been subjected to inequalities and a lack of support from the social order. The opponents of the gay marriage issue refer to a stereotypical framework for gays in general that suggests that gays are evil and dangerous to children.
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Marriage in Renaissance Florence, 2002.
An analysis of Gene Brucker's non-fiction book "Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence".
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, $ 38.95
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The paper examines the book "Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence" by Gene Brucker which discusses the contractual aspects of marriage that arise from the financial elements of the union of two families. In the book, Lusanna, who had been widowed, sued Giovanni - an aristocrat and her social better by at least one class - by seeking formal recognition of their union, of the secret ?marriage? that the two of them had enjoyed. The paper shows that in challenging Giovanni?s right to set the conditions of their relationship, Lusanna was challenging the rights socially acknowledged to him by virtue of his wealth, his gender and his class.
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"For Lusanna loved Giovanni, and he loved her as well ? their affair is tempestuous and passionate, if also touched by tragedy at times. It is the story of two classes, two genders, two ways of seeing the world coming into conflict with each other ? with the easily predictable result that the far more powerful side would win. But it is also a story of two people who love each other but who find themselves pulled apart ? both because of the nature of the structure of the society in which they live and because of their own natures."
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Women and Marriage, 2002.
A review of two novels, "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton and "The Coquette" by Hannah Webster Foster, illustrating the feminist view of love and marriage.
2,450 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 74.95
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This paper examines two of the literary works of manners which were created during the 17th and 18th centuries. The books, "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton and "The Coquette" by Hannah Webster Foster provide a look at women?s perception of marriage and to what extent society influenced them. The paper discusses the underlying themes of feminism and the quest for freedom in these novels, thereby illustrating the predominant female opinion of love and marriage.
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"The author also highlights the highly judgmental nature of the New York?s elite people. The class distinctions that existed in New York are clearly obvious when Simon Rosedale looks at Lily with a suspecting eye. (Just for the only reason that she had tea with Selden, a modest person) This is preciesly the reason why Lily tries to conceal her meeting with Selden when Rosedale questions her about her presence at the Benedick. "Yes--I came up to see my dress-maker. I am just on my way to catch the train to the Trenors'." (Part 11)So in a way the society has contributed to the suppression of Lily?s true feelings (her love for Selden) and her earning for the elusive status and security. What is more Lily is even forced to get involved in gambling (a pass time for the rich) just to cement her place in the higher society. One only gets the feeling that Lilly has virtually compromised the real things in her life in pursuing false vanities. In all Lily is thoroughly haunted by the fear of social seclusion and envisions that money alone could get her the status and security. Lily is bereft of these things and she seeks to restore hem through her marriage. But in her pursuit to secure the comforts and the status in life she looses her own real identity and becomes another victim of the society which is perverted by the negative stains of class and money."
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Marriage in "Giovanni and Lusanna", 2005.
A review of "Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence" by Gene Brucker.
1,089 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper deals with the major themes in the story of "Giovanni and Lusanna". It looks at how marriage was seen as more of a business contract than as a communion of love in Florence and how Giovanni and Lusanna's relationship exemplified this situation. The paper then goes on to explain how Lusanna is a woman trying to exert control over her own life and establish some independence in a male-dominated society with dignity and how she is presented as a strong woman for her time. Lastly, the author is criticized for his main goal of connecting with the reader on a personal basis through a personal story and how this is central to the themes he is presenting.
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"The greatest theme that Brucker is trying to convey in the story of Giovanni and Lusanna is that marriage in Florence during the Renaissance was more of a business contract rather than a union based on love. The major aims of marriage were to increase one's social standing or to solidify or gain wealth, in total opposition to today's "Western ideal" of marriage (Brucker 93). Men who established themselves in society, both financially and socially, were "in great demand" and fetched substantial dowries from the woman's family (Brucker 11). A father did not seek a suitor for his daughter who would love and protect her: he would search for one that would bring financial security to her and prestige to the family."
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Geoffrey Chaucer's "Tales of Marriage", 2004.
This paper discusses three of Chaucer's tales, "The Wife of Bath," "The Merchant's Tale," and "The Franklin's Tale," to determine Chaucer's views on marriage, arguing that "The Franklin's Tale" suggests Chaucer's idea of an ideal marriage.
4,925 words (approx. 19.7 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 125.95
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This paper relates that the Wife of Bath introduces herself as the authority on marriage and marital life, commenting on the social and legal position of women in marriage and daily life and, rather than rejecting scriptural authority, she appeals to logic, rejecting too strict interpretations of scriptural rules and commandments. The author points out that, during the Middle Ages, it was widely believed that the highest type of chivalric love was incompatible with marriage, but The Franklin boldly challenges this view by pointing out that love can be consistent with marriage; indeed, without love, marriage is doomed for failure. The paper relates that the main virtue of 'The Franklin's Tale" is the noble spirit, which is seen throughout it, and the idea that love, patience, and forgiveness are the true essence of love and marriage.
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Introduction
The Wife
The Merchant
The Franklin
Discussion and Conclusion
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"The Wife of Bath is one of the strongest characters in "The Canterbury Tales". Headstrong, loud and opinionated, she represents a major struggle against the degradation of women and the taboos against female sexuality. She presents many strong arguments against rigid religious rules for chastity and monogamy, using Biblical examples, such as the tale of King Solomon, to show that the Bible does not actually condemn sexuality, even outside of marriage."
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Love through the Centuries, 2002.
This paper compares and contrasts 16th and 20th Century ideas about love and marriage as portrayed in the 1989 film "When Harry Met Sally" and the 1998 film "Shakespeare in Love."
803 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 28.95
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This paper looks at the different way that love was portrayed in these centuries when viewed through Hollywood film. A brief comparison of the legalities of marriage, the way courting took place and the different ways in which the man pursues the woman are discussed when comparing the story-lines of the two movies.
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"In both the 16th and 20th Centuries, marriage is only legally binding when sanctioned by the state. In Elizabethan times the Queen or monarchy was the state, as portrayed in AShakespeare in Love.@ Although the institution of marriage in Western culture underwent tremendous changes in the 20th Century, marriage still must be authorized by the state. Whether the marriage ceremony is civil or legal, the person performing the marriage must say, Aby the power invested in me by the state of...I now pronounce you husband and wife.@ Therefore, in both the 16th and 20th centuries, marriage is essentially a social practice reflecting the purposes and character of the society of its time. The concept of romantic love as the key foundation for the institution of marriage is a modern idea. "
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Marriage, Relationships and Society, 2008.
A comparison of two articles:"Marriage: Then and Now" by Stephanie Coontz and "Family Responsibilities: The Politics of Love and Care" by Meg Luxton.
1,038 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper discusses two articles that both deal with the interrelationships between domestic relationships and the broader society: :"Marriage: Then and Now" by Stephanie Coontz and "Family Responsibilities: The Politics of Love and Care" by Meg Luxton. The paper explains that Coontz supplies the reader with an interesting account of the history of marriage, showing how it has changed according to dominant social and historical trends. The paper then points out that Luxton shows how neoliberal capitalist policies have impacted family relationships and that the assumption that families must be self-reliant, and independent of the capitalist economy, dates back to 18th century liberalism. The writer concludes that both of these articles are written from a starting point of love and caring and both have an underlying agenda of promoting the greatest possible amount of individual and family happiness within the realities of our current society. The writer also believes that both articles provide useful insights into social realities, and constructive suggestions that can increase the happiness of many relationships.
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"The underlying assumption of Coontz's article is that marriage is one of the many mechanisms of our society - it will thus change according to various social demands made on it. She does not appear to see any malevolent forces at work in this - marriage is simply an inanimate institution whose functions grow or contract depending on the pressures brought to bear on it. By contrast, Luxton's article does seem to pinpoint some malevolent forces at work. She blames what she calls the neoliberal agenda for the reduced role that the state is playing in fulfilling social responsibilities. Thanks to neoliberalism. She believes that the well-being of families has become subordinate to the well-being of business."
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Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, 2002.
An analysis of the themes of love and marriage within Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper will discuss what Geoffrey Chaucer thought of love and marriage within the fourteenth century that he wrote in. A few of his tales will be used the augment what he means and find what he really thought of English society and the intricate mating rituals that were present. Character analysis, to a certain degree, will bring into the essay to describe what Chaucer's motives were in writing his opinions on love and marriage.
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