MCO473: Sex‚ Love‚ & Romance in the Mass Media • FALL 2009 • Dr. Mary-Lou Galician STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM #1 (MIDTERM EXAM) TUESDAY‚ October 6‚ 2009 — 3:00 P.M. SHARP* 75 items (2 points each: possible total = 150 points) — 50 minutes *If you come to the exam after even just ONE student has completed the exam and left the room‚ we cannot let you take this exam (and you will have 75 points deducted from your total course points) — SO BE ON TIME! You also cannot leave the exam and return
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Romance (Poet Analysis) The poem I have chosen to analyze is “Romance” by Edgar Allan Poe. The reason I chose this poem is because Edgar Allan Poe is a well-known poet writer. He put his feelings on every word he wrote. Some people might think his a bit corny and cheesy but I think to differ. Even though his poem is sad and dark but his a widely recognized as being one of the most important writers in the history of the horror genre. I hope people can rethink that after reading one of his poems
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Although romantic love exists in all cultures‚ it is seen as too fragile and irrational to serve as a base for marriage in most societies‚ which will be discussed later. In America‚ however it has become a Cultural norm to marry for love‚ but America presently has one of the highest divorce rates in the World (Kottak 226). What are the possibly different main claims/positions related to this topic? Some people consider love to be an emotion; a mental state that a rises
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Notes of a Hip Hop feminist Who would think that listening to hip hop music one would be influenced to live‚ think‚ and act a certain way? Joan Morgan’s “Fly Girls‚ bitches‚ and hoes: Notes of a Hip Hop feminist”‚ argues that the rampant sexism and machismo in hip hop music is the fault of both African American men and women and damages the larger African community. She compares hip hop music to an abusive relationship. She states that hip hop music is the only way in which young black men are
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Our Love- Chapter One The valentines dance was coming up at Niall and Micayla’s school. They were bestfriends. They both secretly liked eachother‚ but neither of them knew it. Micayla was just about to leave for school when she got a text from her bestfriend Niall. Niall(7:45am): hay gurl hay. uh‚ I know it’s so close to the dance and all‚ but will you go with me? Just as friends though‚ haha. Micayla(7:45am): sure. I needed someone to go with‚ lol. and yeah‚ just as friends.. see you
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“Is love really Blind?” provides research to suggest that romantic relationships are affected over time because people tend to lose physical attraction to their mate. After reading both Shakespeare’s and Diller’s works one can conclude that time has a negative effect on love because people’s feelings change about their mate overtime. One of the ideas of time that and Shakespeare presents is Love is not really love if it changes. In Sonnet 116‚ lines 2-4 Shakespeare states‚ “love is not love which
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Conventions in movies Romance movies are often combined with other genres in order to invite a larger set of audience. The most common combination is romantic comedies‚ which are also known as chick flicks. Romance films are usually aimed at the female audience‚ however combining this genre with comedy allows some male interest‚ meaning a larger amount of viewing and a higher profit for the producers. Setting is the most important convention in romantic comedies. It can be the way of conveying
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The Attraction of Romance Romance: the word the puts the art in heart‚ the word describes the actions that take place to imprint your name in a girls head‚ the word that everyone thinks about when two people are madly in love with one another. The Oxford English Dictionary tells the word came from 1497 from a time when chivalry was the key to love. In this time‚ the word meant to be chivalrous‚ but in modern times to romance someone is to “put your moves on them” to dazzle someone with your personality
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Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor‚ but too much can spoil the pleasure and‚ under certain circumstances‚ can be life-threatening.”Jealousy is a entanglement of thoughts and feelings triggered by perceived threats to your mentality‚life‚and relationship‚ and it gets a bad reputation because of the way some people act when it hits them.Jealousy can be our own destruction as we could inflict harm upon ourselves or others.The idea of jealousy is that it can avoided
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Helaine Olen‚ authors of "Office Mate: The ..[->5] so Dating and romance in the workplace is an interesting topic that will cause quite a discussion among many professionals and their coworkers. In the book titled Office Mate: The Employee Handbook for Finding and Managing Romance on the Job‚ 38% of employees ages twenty- five to twenty-nine have had an office romance (Losee & Olen‚ 2007‚ p. 55). Now‚ many individuals view office romances as an unavoidable trend as a result of people working together
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