Platonic Love

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    Sea Story

    Love indubitably unites as much as it divides. This story is very much an example of the inconsistency between the personifications of the sea and the land, and the heartache this causes. The short-story is called “Sea Story” and is written by A.S. Byatt in 2012. Its’ main event is partially set in Filey, which is east of the Yorkshire coast and partially in Oxford. Although this is where the main events unfold, we follow a bottle from England and through the world’s vast oceans. The short story’s

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    Biol Lesson 4

    know, knew or would like to know. Write a short essay or letter (one to two pages should do) with the message you wish to send and construct a verbal bouquet that expresses your sentiments. Use your imagination: you are not restricted to sending a “love letter”. It is up to you what sentiments you wish to express. Please make sure your answer is legible (either print it or type it). Keep it clean (i.e. no obscenities) and leave the name of the person out (use a pseudonym). If you wish to consult additional

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    How Lucky You Are

    Alper in 2010, after they had realized that Ishraqi, an Iran girl, who Max has just meet, and felt in love with, was going back to Iran, where her life would be in danger, and she is in ignorance if her parents are alive, or where they are to be found. But what does Alexsa mean when she say, that Max will have to always know how lucky he is? And I wonder how it would fell when someone you love is reluctant leaving you forever and there are nothing you can do about it? The story presents

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    A Birthday by Cristina Rosetti

    | A Birthday BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI The poem “A Birthday” written by Christina Rossetti reflects the powerful feelings of a person when falling in love. Also it makes us visualize her passion, ecstasy, and love as an aesthetic experience. Besides, the author accomplishes this trough a masterful choice of words. In the first stanza, we can see that is full of references to the natural world and simplicity of life in nature

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    On My First Sonne

    In the poem "On My First Son," Ben Jonson begins the poem by saying goodbye to his son, who was his right hand, meaning that he was always there when he needed him. Ben Jonson believes that one of this biggest sin was to love him too much. Jonson uses powerful diction and language to convey his emotions of anger and despair these emotions which he feels as a Father over the loss of his son and makes him question his faith. In the first stanza Jonson conveys his sense of loss by using its diction

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    Art of Love

    The Art of Love, written by Ovid, was a set of three books, the first being a guide or rule book on how to “pick-up” women and the second book a rule book on how to keep the woman you have or “caught” satisfied and interested in you. The third and final book that he wrote was written for women on what to do to catch and keep a man, since he felt it was only fair for women to also be “armed” when it comes to picking- up men. The rules that Ovid describes in The Art of Love are similar to the rules

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    Marriages

    III Introduction “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person” –Mignon Mclaughlin The above quotation by Mignon Mclaughlin says that for a marriage to be successful, it requires falling in love many times with the same person we are married to. My topic is about “fixed or arranged marriage” being better than the usual marriage in which both falls in love first before entering into a union or marriage. For us to be able to determine whether or not

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    Save as Many as You Ruin

    to when the story takes place. Gerard has made many mistakes in his life, and in the story we hear about how he recovers from one of the biggest ones, when he once again meets the love of his life after many years of separation. The themes and topics discussed in the text include making mistakes, losing and finding love, coincidences and being a spectator in life. We are introduced to Gerard as a pensive man who wanders in the snow, deep in thoughts about his life and how short and insignificant

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    Poo I Hate U Poo Becuase U Make My but Hurt

    to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, Philippians 2:1-11 ESV / 67 helpful votes So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests

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    Being John Malkovich

    The movie Being John Malkovich, revolves around the dysfunctional life of an unhappy married couple and the absurd changes that take place in their lives, upon the discovery of a portal leading into John Malkovich’s subconscious mind. It follows an unemployed puppeteer, Craig Schwartz, on his quest to gain the recognition he desires. Craig Schwartz acquires a job as a file clerk for Lester Corp, located on the 7-1/2th floor. It is there that he discovers a secret door with a portal behind a filing

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