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Abstract In this paper I will discuss the movie "27 Dresses" and depict how singleness was portrayed in the movie and my opinions on singleness. I will explain how the experience of the main characters singleness was negative and positive and how successful and non-successful she was in this movie.

"Singleness" Always a bridesmaid never a bride, is the main thought depicted in the movie, "27 Dresses." This movie shows its audience a single young woman, Jane, who has served as a bridesmaid twenty-seven times and yet wrestles with the prospect of supporting her younger sister's wedding as being the bridesmaid for the twenty-eighth time. Everyone could say that Jane had it all, the success, the career and even freedom to party at every wedding she was in and not worry about time or the responsibility of a family. Singleness can be wonderful for some people and horrible for others. I believe that when a woman is single, that is the time for her to serve her loved ones and maybe even choose a career to be successful in. Being single can be an opportunity of a great ministry towards others and forget about the worldly thoughts of having various sex partners with no regret or partying all night with no responsibilities. Sure, one is not committed emotionally or physically to a partner, but that allows more commitment to immediate family and spiritually to Christ. Some women believe people are not meant to be in a relationship, just have fun, stir up some romance, then once it's gone...move on in life. It's like a game with no rules that can be played. In this movie, the idea of the Jane is the fact that she wanted to be a bride. Just to one day have the light shine down on her and make her happy because she was unhappy being just a bridesmaid with an empty apartment to go home to after every wedding. Jane was already fighting the fact of her younger sister getting married before her and this was not because Jane was an old spinster but that it deemed to be traditional for the older sister to get married first. Age did play a role in this because of the feeling of love from a man that Jane wanted but her younger sister was getting instead. Plus another issue was Jane's hopeless love for her sister's fiancé. Personally, I believe her "love" for her sister's fiancé was because he portrayed the perfect prince charming and was always respectful of Jane in a businesslike manner and she wanted it to be more deeper but wasn't sure how she wanted him to love her. She had three advantages of being single and that was the freedom to live her life her way that she wanted to, not having to be responsible of anyone other than herself, and being able to continue on in her career. But there also probed three disadvantages. The fact that even though she loved what she did as a career, it always left her as the bridesmaid and coming home at night to an empty home. Her personal needs of being wanted and cared for were not being met and she was unable to express her true feelings or release her stress because some people would not take it the right way. Sometimes having that soul mate means everything in the world because that one person understands you. The last disadvantage lack of support. When you are single you are always looking for something to catch everybody's eye. Eye catcher car, sport chrome rings, sexy dress, cool haircut and so on, comes from this feeling. Once you get married, car become a transportation facility to reach a home that is full of attention. Without a doubt one of the best pleasures in the world is the experience of giving. Every couple has the opportunity to experience this pleasure every moment. And yes even though Jane gave of herself and even personal time to the girls she helped get married, she never felt that deep satisfaction of giving to someone she truly loved and wanted in her life forever. Jane seemed to feel like a failure in the fact that she could not seem to find someone who cared for her and yet her younger sister who was very open in her thoughts and very selfish in her ways, was able to find a man who loved her. Once Jane met, who would later be her dream love, Kevin, she was able to feel these experiences that one feels when you are with the one you want in your life forever. A sense of not being alone in life but having the support and love of the one who would stay in her life forever. I believe Jane was satisfied with her life as a non single person otherwise she would not have wanted to get married so badly.

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