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    Without Love a Marriage Cannot Work In the past when talking about marriages‚ more specifically arranged marriages your parents could force you to marry someone and you would stay in that marriage even if you were unhappy. As times are changing‚ more and more people are looking for that special one person that makes them so happy they want to spend the rest of their lives with them. For some people they get it right on the first try‚ but with others it takes some time after the marriage to realise

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    of crime. If a woman is raped by a strange‚ scary man‚ or even her family member‚ having the child that they creating during this horrible incident would be a constant tragic reminder of what happened to the poor woman. She may even be hostile towards the child and not give him/her the love that a mother should. Also‚ woman also fear that not only would it be emotionally and psychologically hard to deal with‚ but if they did give birth to the child‚ then put them up for adoption‚ if the child somehow

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    Princess Bride”‚ the representation of love and marriage has challenged my values‚ through the unidealised reasons to why couples get married‚ the long-term unromantic relationship between Buttercup’s parents and the rather fast development of Buttercup and Westley’s love. Prince Humperdinck and Princess Buttercup’s relationship presents the idea that some people will settle for less than true love and get married‚ challenging my values of love and marriage. Goldman has presented the Prince as

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    This paper discusses the ending of Jane Eyre‚ discussing whether it is a "good" ending. The paper draws on three criticisms of both the novel and Romantic literature in general to conclude that‚ yes‚ it is indeed a good ending because it both fits the prevailing realism of the main character’s worldview‚ and conforms to the predominant literary trends of the period. The climate in which Charlotte Bronte wrote her magnum opus was one that had almost fully recovered from the rationalist excesses

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    Love and tradition in “Marriage is a Private Affair” Marriage traditions vary greatly throughout the world. In some cultures‚ people’s marriages are traditionally arranged by their parents. In others cultures‚ the partners make their own choice. This diversity in tradition causes many conflicts within the family as well as in the culture group. A great example of marriage and its importance to different cultures is the story by Chinua Achebe‚ “Marriage is a Private Affair.” The story

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    Love and marriage between Wickham and Lydia Pride and Prejudice is the most successful and popular novel written by Jane Austen. It revolves around the intricacies of courtship and marriage between members of social classes‚ which‚ in this case‚ is her own class – the middle class. In Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen describes many different loves and marriages. Whereby‚ she can express her viewpoint that one’s character often reflects his or her marriage and attitudes towards love. In this essay

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    sensible state of mind has been developed‚ one can only assume their heart will develop next‚ with enchanting ideas of Romantic Love‚ which is relevant in the works of Heinrich Heine‚ John Keats‚ and William Wordsworth. All of these great philosophers and writers lived in a period of time called the Romantic era. The word‚ romantic‚ actually has no real meaning and other romantics would argue for it’s different meanings. This is an era where creativity and free expression of emotions dominate. Imperialistic

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    Modern attitude to love and marriage. * Hi‚ Lucy! Do you know Johnny and I are getting married? * Oh‚ great! I think it’s about time. You have been living together for…for…?? * For 6 years. * Yes‚ for 6 years already. I’m so happy for you‚ Sarah! * And I’m so happy for myself too! * And are you going to have a gorgeous wedding ceremony? * No‚ Johnny and I are going to register our marriage at the Registry Office. No wedding ceremony‚ no veil and no bridesmaids. *

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    There are two integral pieces of love in Virgil’s epic Aeneid: the romantic‚ lustful love (as felt by Dido for Aeneas) and the grounded‚ honest‚ family love (as felt between Aeneas and Anchises). There is a dynamic relationship between the two sides of love which causes each to emphasize the other – an emphasis that is facilitated by Virgil’s common use of fire and flame imagery to describe both types of love. Upon analyzing the lustful episode between Dido and Aeneas and the image

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    Relational Standards: Rules and Expectations in Romantic Relationships Submitted by Alexandra Elizabeth West BBSc‚ BLitt‚ Postgrad Dip in Psychology June 2006 A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of Australian Catholic University National. School of Psychology Australian Catholic University National Melbourne‚ Australia Australian Catholic University Research Services Locked Bag 4115 Fitzroy‚ Victoria 3065 Australia Acknowledgements

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