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    prostitution are seen as degraded‚ uncivilized‚ and uneducated‚ but that is not always true. In the romantic film Pretty Woman‚ the prostitute Vivian is transformed to become a worthy date for Edward‚ a high class businessman. The movie portrays the Pygmalion myth by taking a uneducated prostitute with a heart of gold and turning her into a sensible‚beautiful woman who strives for a real rewarding life. The ideal woman‚ as portrayed in the movie‚ is dignified‚ ambitious‚ and noble‚ both physically and

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    Office Romance

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    Mireya. “Love the Job? What About Your Boss?” New York Times. Jul 24‚ 2005. Wilson‚ Rebecca J.‚ et al. “Romantic Relationships at Work: Does Privacy Trump the Dating Police?” Defense Counsel Journal. Jan 2003. Vol. 70‚ Iss 1 Tuohey‚ Jason. “Office Romances Fraught with Complications; Maturity in the Workplace a Key to their Success.” Boston Globe. Oct 15‚ 2006.

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    Jealousy In Romance

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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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    The Controversial Ending of Shaw’s Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion is a play that has become a classic in today’s world. It is a retelling of an ancient story‚ of the same name‚ by the Roman poet‚ Ovid‚ in which a sculptor falls in love with a statue he carved. In Shaw’s story‚ Henry Higgins‚ an expert in phonetics‚ happens upon a poor flower girl with awful English and street manners named Eliza Doolittle. Throughout the course of the play Higgins transforms her into an elegant independent

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    Romance at Work

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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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    Pygmalion Effect in Management Principles of Management Abstract The Pygmalion Effect in Management is the idea that workers are more productive when being watched by members of management. Workers are eager to please bosses‚ or appear competent‚ so productivity and rule following increases when a member of management is present. Your expectations of people and their expectations of themselves are the key factors in how well people perform at work. Pygmalion Effect in Management The Pygmalion Effect

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    Workplace Romance

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    Workplace Romance Men always want to be a woman’s first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a man’s last romance. Workplace romance exists when two members of the same organization develop a relationship with mutual attraction. Those who develop workplace romances may cause damages to morale and productivity in the workplace. Along with this‚ businesses and companies are still confused at whether or not they should interfere in the romantic relationship. If

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    Definition of "Romance"

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    Haozhao Zhang Geremy Carnes English 124 09/17/12 Definition paper (final draft) It must be a surprise if you are informed that the word “romance” is a literature genre which usually consist of adventure stories. You first reaction could be pointing out that it is me who was wrong about this definition by mentioning or quoting how people using this word in writing. But if you search for it in the dictionary or old novels before late 17th centuries‚ you would find that I’m telling you the truth

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    Workplace Romance

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    SEXUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE Licresha Pierce Strayer University Professor Honore Workplace romance exists when two members of the same organization develop a relationship with mutual attraction. Individuals who develop workplace romances may cause damages to morale and productivity. However companies are still confused whether or not they should interfere in the romantic relationship. Many companies are trying to figure out what department should get involved and what policies should be set

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    6. Comment on Pygmalion as a Shavian play. Pygmalion is a classic Shavian play in as far as it shows his feelings about the falsity of the class system and his belief that all humans are essentially equal and privilege should play no part in life. Higgins is also a very Shavian character with his inspired logic and bombastic deliver. Like all great Shavian drama Pygmalion is a richly complex play. It combines a central story of the transformation of a young woman with elements of myth‚ fairy tale

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