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Wedding Ring, 2005.
This paper discusses that the meaning of the wedding ring.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper explains that the wedding ring is one of the most powerful representations of shared meaning in society. The author points out that the cultural discourse surrounding the ring has a long history going back to the ancient Egyptians. The paper relates that, recently, the wedding ring has taken on an entirely new meaning with the legalization of gay and lesbian marriage.
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"It is small, weighs almost nothing, and is easily misplaced, but the wedding ring carries enormous social weight. The wedding ring is one of the most powerful symbols in our society. Its meaning is instantly recognized, which illustrates that "culture is about shared meanings" (Hall, 1997, p. 161). It signifies that the person who wears it is not available to other people, and that he or she is committed to a particular person. The wedding ring at one time meant the person is heterosexual. Recently, the wedding ring took on an entirely new meaning with the legalization of gay and lesbian marriage."
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Wedding Photography, 2004.
An analysis of the changing trends of wedding photography.
5,457 words (approx. 21.8 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 133.95
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While marriage seems to be exceptionally popular, it is surprising that the primary means of documentation - namely, wedding photography - has received little formal study. To the author's knowledge, no studies exist that indicate the percentage of couples that hire wedding photographers - or in the days before photography, portrait artists. This paper addresses the inception of wedding photography, describes its development and provides a description of recent industry changes including the changes due to digital technology and how other developments have altered the industry.
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Introduction
Inception of Wedding Photography
Traditional Style
Wedding Photojournalism
Black and White Photography
The Artistic Style
Fashion Style
The 35mm Camera Versus the Hasselblad
Digital Photography and the Internet Revolution
The Wedding Album
Conclusion
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"Throughout history, the cultural and sacred traditions of marriage have been honored and recorded by most cultures, regardless of religious, political, or geographic differences. It is a relationship that plays an important role in the definition of what a family truly is. Although precise definitions may vary depending on historical era and culture, the concept of marriage typically is a socially sanctioned bond between two people, a bond that unites two people into one ("Marriage", 2004). Given that marriage is universally considered the foundation of family and society, it is not surprising that the documentation of the marriage ceremony and associated celebrations has become an important part of the ritual."
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Wedding Plans, 2002.
How to plan a budget for a wedding.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the important aspects of a wedding plan and budget. A wedding plan should be prepared well ahead of the special day and it should include every important detail such as the cost, guest list and location. If a couple is on a budget, it is important to decide on the expenses and how the cost would be divided between the bride and the groom.
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"The Wedding", 2002.
Discussion of Dorothy West's novel "The Wedding" and its portrayal of race and class during the Harlem Renaissance.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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This essay considers how Dorothy West's novel, "The Wedding," portrays the conflicts of race and class during the 1950s, a time that has been hailed as the Harlem Renaissance. By contradicting the revival of African-American identity, West weaves a complex history of generational identities and relations that reveal the collusion of race and class, where wealth and respect are internalized as synonymous with whiteness.
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?My Big Fat Greek Wedding?, 2004.
An analysis of the cultural differences in the film, ?My Big Fat Greek Wedding?
1,033 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 36.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the film, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" directed by Joel Zwick. Specifically, it discusses the differences between Greek and American culture that can lead to unhappiness and lack of self-esteem. The paper examines how the main character grows and manages to find love and happiness despite her Greek family.
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"Another cultural difference in the film is the family. The Greek family is very large, loud, meddling, and sometimes obnoxious. They insist that their way is the only way, and do not understand Ian's vegetarianism any more than they understand tofu and organic beef. They are lusty, earthy, and opinionated, a far cry from Ian's family who does not fit in the Greek family's society any more than the Greeks fit in theirs. This is funny, but it is sad too, because both families eventually put up with each other, but do not truly respect each other, and that says something about Greek and American culture, and how accepting it is, ultimately, of different cultures and beliefs. This is shown subtly in the church, where Ian's side of the church has sparse attendance from a small family, while Toula's side is filled with boisterous relatives from everywhere."
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"The Wedding", 2002.
An analysis of the theme of race relationships in the novel "The Wedding" by Dorothy West.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This book report is on Dorothy West's, "The Wedding". The paper discusses the book's focus on the complexities of race relationships and perceptions of people and society on the basis of skin tone. It concludes that the novel successfully guides us to a greater understanding of the idea that it is what it inside that makes the person, not their skin.
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Ghosts in "The Member of the Wedding", 2002.
An analysis of how the theme of ghosts is included in Carson McCullers's "The Member of the Wedding".
2,476 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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This paper analyzes the role of ghosts in the plot, themes, and language of Carson McCullers's novel, "The Member of the Wedding." Using Judith Butler's theories on kinship and queer relationality in "Antigone's Claim," the paper argues that ghosts help the novel to present an expanded vision of the field of human love.
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Carson McCullers? The Member of the Wedding is, essentially, the story of a twelve-yeard-old girl named Frankie Addams searching for love and connection in a lonely world. Frankie?s world is frightening, even nightmarish at times, and it is filled with the ghosts that inhabit her imagination and described in the textually ghostly terms of the unknown, the secret, and the unnameable. The figure of the ?ghost? ? as imagined by Frankie and as a primary descriptive device in McCullers? prose ? quite literally haunts the novel, complicating its conceptions of human relationality and connection. The ghosts enable the novel to posit a tenuous definition of what it is to be a living human being; every living figure in the novel is not only deeply aware of the presence of non-living figures but is in constant danger of falling out of the realm of the living, of becoming a ghost, and every relationship between the living is negotiated over the presence of the dead. Ultimately, the novel?s ? and its characters ? ghosts allow for the at once terrifying and redemptive possibility of relationships and identities that transgress not only normative societal boundaries but the boundaries between the living and the dead.
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"The Member of the Wedding" by Carson McCullers, 2006.
This paper focuses on the symbolic use of music in Carson McCullers' novel "The Member of the Wedding."
1,507 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper centers on the character of Frankie Adams' incomplete development and the symbolic use of music in Carson McCullers' classic novel "The Member of the Wedding." One of the most important examples of how the author uses music to signify Frankie's development is illustrated through the jazz horn in part one of the book while in part two the music of the piano foreshadows her progression towards maturity. This paper also examines how music signifies Frankie's instability within herself and the world around her.
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"In part two of the novella, the music of the piano also foreshadows Frankie's progression towards maturity. As the neighbor's piano is being tuned, it carries out the sound of interrupted music. With every repeated stop and start, it shows the music is out of Frankie's control. Because the music is disoriented, it represents the unpredictable ways of Frankie not finishing her transition to young adulthood. The musical references symbolize the confusion and chaos Frankie associates with her transition in the world."
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The Wedding Ceremony, 2002.
A comparison of the differences in culture between the early modern world and the 19th century with an emphasis on the wedding ceremony.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper investigates the comparison between the "humanities", such as art, music, and tradition, in the early modern world and the 19th century periods. The example of a wedding is used in order to provide a focus to this discussion.
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?Wedding Portrait? and ?Merode Altarpiece? Comparison, 2006.
A comparative analysis of Jan Van Eyck's "Wedding Portrait" and Robert Campin's "Merode Altarpiece" .
804 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper examines the similarities and differences between Jan Van Eyck's, "The Arnolfini Marriage," ("Wedding Portrait") and Robert Campin's, "Merode Altarpiece", both Flemish artists who were among the most important painters in the Early Renaissance (North) period. It looks at how both are naturalistic oil paintings with religious undertones and both are portraits. It also discusses how, although the paintings are similar in many ways, there are also several differences.
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"For example, in Van Eyck's painting, a single candle is burning, even though it is daylight. This has been interpreted as symbolic of God's all-seeing eye, while some believe it is a bridal candle. In addition, there is an image of St. Margaret, the patron saint of childbirth carved on the back of a chair. The ornate mirror on the back wall shows the artist himself, as well as a second man, who may have been another witness to the ceremony. A small dog stands between the couple in the foreground, symbolizing faithfulness and love, and on the window ledge is a bowl of fruit, symbolizing either fertility, or the fall from Eden."
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"The Member of the Wedding", 2005.
An analysis of the symbolic use of music in "The Member of the Wedding" by Carson McCullers.
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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Carson McCullers' classic novel, "The Member of the Wedding', tells the story of a lonely 12 year old girl, Frankie Adams, suffering from typical adolescence crisis. In the course of being disconnected from the world, she reveals her frustration by not being a member of anything. This paper examines how Carson McCullers throughout the novella uses music to signify Frankie's incomplete development. It looks at how the many versions of music in the novella indicate Frankie's special burden of childhood, ultimately revealing her position of not being ready to become a teenager.
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"One of the most important examples of how McCullers uses music to signify Frankie's incomplete development is illustrated through the jazz horn in part one of the novella. When Frankie is visiting John Henry, she overhears someone playing blues on a horn. Her first notion about the tune takes her back to the spring, when all kinds of things began to hurt her. It was known as the season that troubled her: "it was like the telling of that long season of trouble" thought Frankie (44). The sadness of the tune reminds her of her disturbed childhood days. She is able to relate to the grieving tune. Then in a sudden moment the horn plays a wild jazz and Frankie is swept away by the off beat rhythm. "
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"My Best Friend's Wedding", 2005.
An analysis of the film "My Best Friend's Wedding."
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper is an analysis of the 1997 romantic comedy film "My Best Friend's Wedding." It includes a character analysis and a review of the plot.
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"The plot summary in P J Hogan's romantic comedy film, "My Best Friend's Wedding" revolved around two friends Michael O'Neal played by Dermot Mulroney and Julianne Jules Potter played by Julia Roberts Zucker. They made a pact to marry each other if they were not engaged by the time they reach the age of twenty-eight. However Jules's stylistic performance as the secret villain unfolded when Michael announced his engagement to another woman. Kimmy played ..."
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?Blood Wedding?, 2004.
A review of the play, ?Blood Wedding?, by F.G. Lorca.
706 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper examines Lorca?s "Blood Wedding", a play that appears, at first, to be based on a fairly straightforward plot of two lovers who defy all social and moral codes of honor by allowing their passion to get the better of them. It looks at how Lorca obviously had quite a different message in mind, given his rather sudden introduction of surreal elements in the last act, and how the symbolism inherent in the young woodcutter as the moon and the Beggar Woman as Death reveals that Lorca was really making a strong comment about the fact that ultimately all human beings meet justice at the hands of Fate.
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"Lorca is obviously a master of his craft given the manner in which he artfully sets up his audience to believe that the lovers? fortunes will be dictated by the traditions and demanding laws of honor prevalent in the Spanish society of the time. This is evident in the way he develops the themes of knives, blood, nature and death throughout the play, including his very choice of the title Blood Wedding. In fact, the play begins on an ominous note with the bridegroom?s mother exclaiming, ?Knives, knives./ Cursed be all knives, and the scoundrel who invented them.? (Lorca, p. 34) But perhaps the more ominous note lies in Lorca?s portrayal of the bridegroom?s mother as a woman who has been unable to make peace with the death of her husband and other son in an old family feud. "
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 2002.
A review of the film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" directed by Joel Zwick, 2001.
1,655 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 53.95
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A very personal and positive review of the movie by the writer who claims to have seen it more than once. It discusses the plot and how it is more than a simple ethnic wedding, but teaches one to laugh at one's own mistakes and faults. The movie pushes ethnic tolerance in a funny and charming way and this paper examines how this is done.
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"My favorite thing about My Big Fat Greek Wedding was its lack of pretense. There could have been a lot more depth to this movie and its underlying storylines of cultural separatism, the pressure to conform, the will to improve one's lot in life, and final acceptance of self. However, in the end, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is exactly what it should be: a funny story about a Greek American girl, from a traditional Greek family, getting married."
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"The Wedding Band", 2002.
A look at the history and times as implied in the book "The Wedding Band" by Alice Childress.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper will discuss the historical era and the book "Wedding Band" by Alice Childress. The historical reflections on the book will be made as well as how the book reflected history in South Carolina, these two will also be compared.
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